Example sentences of "up on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I groped for its neighbour , found it , ducked through the gap and up on to the curved deck of the treadmill . |
2 | She jumped the last stone , up on to the fern-covered bank . |
3 | She crossed silently to the tree and swung herself up on to the nearest branch . |
4 | Hands tugged at the German and helped him up on to the narrow ledge . |
5 | Wedges of oceanic crust are thrust up on to the overlying sediments of the subduction zone and uplift ensues ( Fig. 3.16 ) . |
6 | Her small hand grasped his , and he drew her up on to the low walkway . |
7 | She climbed up on to the rickety driving platform , which had been made by tying a plank across the cab . |
8 | Even when the police car was able to surge up on to the elevated section of the motorway at Chiswick , the stream of traffic moved no faster and the Jaguar continued to glow in Dexter 's headlamps . |
9 | Gaily heaved and hitched himself up on to the high stool , shoving the bag of laundry between his feet once more . |
10 | It was a fine summer morning when they left and , avoiding the roads as much as possible , made their way up on to the high muirs on the Lanarkshire/Ayrshire boundary , intending to travel direct towards Priesthill and hoping to take John Browne by surprise . |
11 | We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau . |
12 | I can not remember just what purpose had taken me up on to the top floor of the house to where the row of guest bedrooms line the corridor . |
13 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
14 | There is also a highly scenic road which you can take up on to the open ski grounds and expansive prospects of Hautacam . |
15 | Then the boat was moored and Tsu Ma was handing the girls up on to the wooden jetty , the soft rustle of their silks as they disembarked seeming , for that brief moment , to merge with the silken darkness of the night and the sweetness of their perfume . |
16 | Swinging her boots up on to the Indian bedspread to indicate her lack of concern . |
17 | He emptied his mind , he walked like an automaton up on to the green ride , seeing at the end of it the cameo of stacked meadows , segments of wood , a church tower . |
18 | A shallow ramp , suitable for transporting wheelbarrows , will be provided from the waste land south of the Brunstane Bowling Green up on to the old railway embankment . |
19 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
20 | Other scullions were running in with ladders and lengths of rope , climbing up on to the big stove and scrambling up to the messy lip of the vat in which , judging by the amount of splashing and screaming , the small attendant still survived . |
21 | ‘ How dare you come barging into my room without knocking ? ’ she gasped , scrambling up on to the rumpled counterpane , two hands going up to her blonde hair as she felt his gaze take a rapid inventory of her voluptuous disarray . |
22 | They 'd gone through the big field and up on to the common and the slope beyond which was where the wall was , half-ruined and easier to jump because of the gaps . |