Example sentences of "we [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even then we divided up the list and had at least an aisle between us . |
| 2 | We got up the top there . |
| 3 | Which means — since I did n't know about all that when we drew up the contract — there will be a surcharge . ’ |
| 4 | We headed up the Ring Road towards Old Delhi , and as we drove the avenues began to fill with bicycle rickshaws , all heading in the same direction . |
| 5 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 6 | and if we divvied up the exam fee on a fifty per cent basis it would mean that B A I E were getting twenty quid for doing nothing but probably more twenty quids than they would get normally because students who would be attracted in through Napier would be paying their forty quid as well |
| 7 | ‘ As we came up the trackway of your house , Sir John , we found a Hand of Glory with a lighted candle in its fingers . ’ |
| 8 | We burned up the Xerox machine . |
| 9 | As we drove up the Llanberis Pass he imparted to me , in response to my questions , something of the routine of his life . |
| 10 | So we drove up the Llanberis Pass and on the way conceived the unoriginal compromise idea of a Snowdon Horseshoe circuit . |
| 11 | As we drove up the lime tree avenue , a traditional feature of Irish country houses , the rain was reducing visibility to a few inches . |
| 12 | How can the Labour party say that in the year when we opened up the whole of industry to competition , in the year when we tightened the price control and made it clear that the customer is high on our list of priorities ? |
| 13 | We opened up the parish hall to the wounded and dead which were brought in from all parts of the village . |
| 14 | Next we opened up the loading door . |
| 15 | We hauled up the pots , removed the lobsters and crabs and dropped the pots back in the sea . |
| 16 | The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London . |
| 17 | As we climbed up the canyon we made a great clatter with sticks and stones and old tin cans , announcing our presence to the denizens . |
| 18 | As we climbed up the crags of Petra , black goats eyed us warily from black holes . |
| 19 | Furthermore , we followed up the course of the accompanying cholecystitis for 12 months and describe its complete cure . |
| 20 | When peace came again in 1918 we followed up the production of reversible wool rugs with the making of chenille Axminster carpets . |
| 21 | We followed up the representations that were made by the hon. Lady and by others on that point , and the regional offices of the Department of Employment have been in negotiation with TECs to try to establish the extent to which they need additional resources to meet the YT guarantee . |
| 22 | We soon reached an Inn at a place called Hardraw , and descending from our vehicles , after warming ourselves by the cottage fire we walked up the brook side to take a view of a third waterfall … |
| 23 | The next morning we walked up the glacier and did a lengthy rock scramble , the Trifthorn ( 3,728 metres ) , partly to acclimatise , and partly because Martin had tried it a few years earlier and failed to reach the top . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't forget we 're going to Appleby tomorrow , ’ Elinor said as we tidied up the kitchen . |
| 25 | We stepped up the pace . |
| 26 | We scrambled up the hillside on the left bank of an enormous river which thundered down a precipitous cascade of rapids into a foaming cauldron , raging with wind-whipped mist . |
| 27 | On the return journey from Porto we flew up the west coast of Portugal , over the places we 'd cycled through , before cutting through to La Coruňa to land just before nightfall . |
| 28 | Not when I was there of course it was er it was er er radio was there you know and we we called up the shore station at Ered at nine o'clock one o'clock and five o'clock every day unless there was er a fault in the radio which we were usually able to overcome . |
| 29 | He got back into the front seat and we started up the coast . |
| 30 | This could have had unfortunate consequences , so we started up the motor and went on towards the beach . |