Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 2 | She did not leave as Corbett took up the pewter spoon and began to eat . |
| 3 | As officials move up the hierarchy they may be more involved in policy advice rather than managing budgets or people . |
| 4 | ‘ The poor man at the gate , ’ that 's you , living here happy as sparrows pecking up the crumbs from his excellent table . |
| 5 | As Blanche snatched up the telephone and listened to the reassuring hum of the dialling tone , she caught sight of herself in the mirror on the wall : the shimmer of sweat on her forehead , eyes wild , face haggard and pale , hair stormy and unkempt , knuckles bruised and sore . |
| 6 | Jane dug the garden as Lee picked up the weeds . |
| 7 | Navratilova had watched in awe as Evert opened up the rain-delayed Federation Cup semi-final between the United States and Czechoslovakia to set her team on the way to a 2-0 victory . |
| 8 | However , the same criteria should be applied to all rugs when assessing the suitability of the pile material and the clarity and permanence of the dyes , as there is no uniform improvement in the quality of these as items move up the price range from nomadic to masterworkshop . |
| 9 | As Betty summed up the situation : ‘ It is just the two of us at home alone . |