Example sentences of "come [adv] up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Without any fuss they were setting up a machine-gun while a party came straight up the hill towards the ambush positions .
2 He 'd said his prayers and celebrated Mass , Benedicta just slipping in at the door and kneeling next to the baptismal font instead of coming further up the nave .
3 ‘ They 'll be coming straight up the middle , wo n't they ? ’
4 She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech .
5 She heard him coming back up the stairs , she knew his limping step now .
6 The strength of the sound wave coming back up the rod depends on how much acoustic energy is absorbed by the material at the microscope 's focal point .
7 Then she saw it , a white toy , coming fast up the house drive before turning sharply off behind the stable block .
8 The sound comes back up the laser beam to a modulator .
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