Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] the main [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Ormerod , a geology lecturer at the Open University , has been held in Oradea , Romania , for the past three days , after being picked up at the main crossing point into Hungary . |
| 2 | As I arrived a tractor pulled up with sacks of freshly-picked hops that would be carried up to the main floor of the building to be dried . |
| 3 | When the second part of the strap is cut it 's matched up with the main piece for colour . |
| 4 | If they are right , this spares them the refusal which would have otherwise shown up in the main survey as reported difficulty in getting credit . |
| 5 | Later , when it was time to take Eddie back to school , Louise had kissed him at the gate and his father had walked up to the main door with him . |
| 6 | They said no more then , for the coach had pulled up at the main door . |
| 7 | The researcher could not draw any generally valid or reliable conclusions from such discussions , but they should provide useful guidelines as to what areas should be followed up in the main enquiry . |
| 8 | Ahead of them stairs led up to the main part of the palazzo , where most of the interior had been renovated and the air smelt strongly of paint and plaster and sawdust . |
| 9 | RUNRIG are lined up as the main attraction of the second Scottish Fleadh , a day-long celebration of Celtic music , to be held on Glasgow Green on 5 June . |
| 10 | Bath also had a resident gem-cutter , whose collection of 34 unmounted intaglios somehow ended up in the main drain carrying the overflow from the reservoir housing the hot spring . |
| 11 | Mr Ochirbat was immediately snapped up by the main opposition parties as their joint candidate . |