Example sentences of "up [verb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local trust has now been set up to champion the restoration of the landscape ; and the Landmark Trust has taken on the principal building , the splendid banqueting house , constructed with three great arches , overlooking the valley like one of the fountains of baroque Rome . |
| 2 | Inspector comes in — up goes the radio to the ventilator out of sight . |
| 3 | A tap is turned , a pressure of 120 pounds per square inch applied to the piston , and up goes the end of the coach as easily as though it were a doll 's house . |
| 4 | Madeleine , now she was in France , had developed a way of sighing , bringing her hands up to clasp the back of her neck , then breathing out explosively . |
| 5 | He probably will not sleep in the unlikely event of the ghost of mass murderess Mary Ann Cotton showing up to see the graves of her victims . |
| 6 | If the system is set up to compare the amounts of each wavelength coming from different parts of the scene the problem of colour constancy is solved immediately . |
| 7 | A new economic commission was set up to monitor the success of the austerity measures . |
| 8 | Kazakhstan 's President Nazarbayev , however , pointed out in an interview after the close of the summit that no executive or supervisory bodies had been set up to monitor the implementation of the agreements reached there . |
| 9 | Crooks signed up to enjoy the benefits of corruption and to lend their power . |
| 10 | They may land up building the centre outside Europe — in Silicon Valley or Tokyo . |
| 11 | She 'd been digging for a while when she looked up to swing the stone in her hand on to the pile , and saw Clare standing there . |
| 12 | In 1987 the Dragon Project Trust was set up to continue the work of the project and to study effects on consciousness at sites where specific geophysical anomalies have been noted . |
| 13 | Mr Cottle looked up to acknowledge the reaction to this information , but at once looked down again when he saw Mungo and Emily grinning at each other . |
| 14 | These darkening extremities , or ‘ points ’ , then slowly spread as the young cat becomes mature and by the end of the first year the Siamese has its adult pattern , with the nose colour covering most of its face , the dark ear-fringe spreading to include most of its ear surface , the tail-tip colour extending right up to near the base of its tail , and the pigment at the feet stretching halfway up its legs . |
| 15 | Spurts of flame began to flicker here and there and presently leapt up to redden the fringes of the great smoke cloud which hung above them .... |
| 16 | The English Association was set up to promote the maintenance of " correct use of English , spoken and written " , the recognition of English as " an essential element in the national education " , and the discussion of teaching methods and advanced study as well as the correlation of school with university work.48 From the beginning , personnel attached to the new Board of Education seem to have been sympathetic to the view of English as the most natural candidate to lead a mission of cultural renewal : at any rate , from its inception the English Association set out to ensure that such was the case . |
| 17 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
| 18 | The big cities , New York , London , and Liverpool even , can afford to have units set up to encourage the production of films and videos and so on in their areas , in fact there was a report in last Thurs thirtieth of December 's Shropshire Star about Liverpool 's office . |
| 19 | But as Souness celebrated that decisive goal , up rose the chant of : ‘ Kenny , Kenny , what 's the score ? ’ , followed by a verse of ‘ Souness , Souness ’ . |
| 20 | Other community teams dealt with all their reviews in one regular weekly meeting which had been set up to meet the requirements of the care programme approach , evidence that this is having a considerable impact on the organization of services in the places where it has been implemented . |
| 21 | Instead of concentrating on the lines of the dance — which they will need if they ever dance in Ashton 's Symphonic Variations or Monotones , MacMillan 's Requiem or Bintley 's Consort Lessons — students spend more time loosening up to meet the demands of modern choreographers . |
| 22 | At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector . |
| 23 | A caring parent would pay a penny or tuppence for some old coat or skirt that could be cut up to meet the needs of some child . |
| 24 | Most countries have systems of government that are relatively modern creations , either designed after cataclysmic political events which required the setting up of entirely new institutions , or set up to meet the needs of newly created or newly independent states . |
| 25 | Social institutions , including that of education , are set up to counteract the shortcomings of nature , to control and exploit it and turn it to human advantage . |
| 26 | Because working-class boys suffer disadvantages in the educational system and are not brought up to accept the values of this system , they are likely to reject the school values and form a delinquent subculture ( Cohen 's definition of this subculture is reproduced as Reading 2 in Chapter 5 ) . |
| 27 | If we are brought up to accept the doctrine of looking after number one , it is not surprising to find the result of that upbringing reflected in society . |
| 28 | Women have been brought up to accept the role of second-class citizens , subject to their husbands ’ whims and opinions . |
| 29 | He was nominated in January 1649 to the high court of justice for the trial of Charles I ; he did not attend the early stages of the court , but in the trial week he attended busily , and was in the group of commissioners who stood up to pass the sentence of death on Saturday 27 January . |
| 30 | Peter grew up to know the value of money , and was taught by his caring , careful parents to save and be prudent in financial matters , and cautious of whom to trust in business . |