Example sentences of "then [vb past] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 2 | Lighting the gas , she secured the kettle within the rails which would hold it in place , then snatched up the dishcloth . |
| 3 | Allowing for the fact that not every man would hear the call , and that the laird would wish to leave a number of men to guard the place , he then bumped up the arithmetic to suppose nine hundred inhabitants . |
| 4 | I began the basic structure of the rose leaves in the bottom left of the picture and then built up the shape with the larger open roses , tucking the asparagus fern and gypsophila behind them , and finally put the buds into position . |
| 5 | Asik was glad to get a drink ; it did not matter to him if the water was dirty or clean , he was thirsty and gulped down as much as he could , washed his feet and then filled up the water jug . |
| 6 | I stopped long enough to recharge , then pedalled up the Arrow Valley , crossed a ridge of hills and then freewheeled all the way down to the largest second hand bookshop in the world at Hay-on-Wye . |
| 7 | Her father recounted his latest golf tournament , Guy talked to Charles about sailing , then opened up the conversation by introducing a surprisingly shrewd appreciation of the arts into the debate , when it became clear that in addition to racing yachts around the Isle of Wight he made frequent visits to see the RSC at the Barbican , and was something of an expert on modern ballet . |
| 8 | After her breakfast , she did her usual Saturday chores , then opened up the dining-room table to its full extent , and , placing everything in neat individual sections , emptied her briefcase . |
| 9 | Bishops then turned up the pressure in a search for an equaliser , and it nearly came on seventy minutes as yet another debut man , Tommy Callanan blasted the ball against the underside of the ball from literally yards out when it was easier to score . |
| 10 | ‘ I locked the lecture-room , came downstairs and checked that there was no one in the ground-floor rooms , then locked up the building . ’ |
| 11 | According to family tradition , Mr and Mrs Major then carved up the constituency and set about rallying the troops . |
| 12 | Both guards broke clear , looked round for a moment and then leapt up the bank into the wood . |
| 13 | I waited until the Worm was back in there and then blocked up the hole through which it had come . |
| 14 | I knew it was inside , set a trap within the hole and then blocked up the entrance . |
| 15 | He kissed her again and then started up the car . |
| 16 | These were manned by guards whose only access to the towers was by way of a single rope which they had to climb in a gymnastic fashion ; they then pulled up the rope and remained in the towers for the rest of the shift . |
| 17 | He leaned back , then took up the book and began to read again , letting Lao Tzu 's words — words more than two and a half thousand years old — wash over the sleeping boy and bring him ease . |
| 18 | The entire band dropped into the valley beyond us , and then proceeded up the Bitterroot . |
| 19 | Stirling then dreamed up the idea of a true-to-life rehearsal against shipping at Port Suez , without bothering to inform the Navy . |
| 20 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 21 | Clark then wrote up the experiment , which appeared to confirm his initial brainwave , and submitted it to Nature . |
| 22 | He was clearly so fearful of the answer to his father 's unasked question that he scarcely dared pose it himself , but then summoned up the courage . |
| 23 | At the gangway he hesitated and then ran up the bank after them . |
| 24 | He then summed up the situation in brusque style for the policeman at the other end . |
| 25 | But a council report claims BT then jacked up the cost to £3 million and refused to finish the job unless they were paid . |
| 26 | Sometimes it just rushed round things ; other times it flattened all in its path then picked up the debris and flung it away . |
| 27 | Rain packed half her things and then picked up the telephone . |
| 28 | She stopped talking when the waiter arrived with the food , then picked up the conversation again after he had left . |
| 29 | The Coptic woman hesitated , then picked up the reticule and hurried after Mena . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be in touch so that we can arrange for C.W. to meet your men before Mobuto arrives tonight , ’ Kolchinsky said then picked up the transmitter on the desk and activated the door . |