Example sentences of "go up [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hole in the screen coincided with screams and the lights going up and the immediate disappearance of the images . |
| 2 | Then at last a cheer went up as the first portions of the ‘ bicentenary pie ’ were served to the 50,000 people who presented their £1 tickets . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank God for Madge , ’ Busacher reflected grimly as the curtain went up and the enchanted ballroom brought a round of applause from the audience . |
| 4 | But if permanent secretaries were dismissed or persuaded to retire en masse , then the cry would go up that the new ministers were engaging in a new and improper extension of patronage . |
| 5 | Indeed , they boasted proudly that retail electricity prices had risen more slowly than the retail price index in general : although their own tariffs had risen faster , average consumption had gone up and the extra kWh had been sold at the lower incremental charges of two-part or block tariffs , thus bringing the average domestic price in their first ten years down by a fifth in real terms . |
| 6 | Tents had gone up and the temporary occupants were busy making themselves at home . |