Example sentences of "up [prep] the [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continual slamming of the seas under the bridge-deck beat at them , fountaining up through the manhole Trent had unscrewed in the saloon deck . |
| 2 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 3 | JON Joannides warmed up for the Lombard RAC Rally in the best possible way by winning the Cambrian Rally . |
| 4 | The two met at a rally and decided to team up for the Charrington RAC . |
| 5 | One of the strongest domestic fields for many years — including three previous winner of the race — is set to line up for the London Marathon on April 12 . |
| 6 | NAMES are being drawn up for the Co Antrim team to take part in May 's Coca-Cola Under 18 Championship . |
| 7 | The IDB 's Trade Fair programme also aims to visit a balanced mixture of major UK and European exhibitions , with IDB group stands being set up for the Northern Ireland companies taking part . |
| 8 | As a former Cabinet minister , George Younger is entitled to ennoblement in the Dissolution Honours , but with 10 fellow Conservatives queuing up for the Lords John Major may decide that Younger should be the one to miss out . |
| 9 | He 's dressing up as the Lincoln Imp ; the original imp is a carving in Lincoln cathedral . |
| 10 | We liked the motor camp at Marahau so much that we stayed two nights , giving us a chance to wash and clean up after the Abel Tasman . |
| 11 | In this miniature valley extending up towards the Bois de Charlefontaine , the slopes provide a unique micro-climate which , together with the protection of the village itself , shields the vines from the major winds and traps the sun . |
| 12 | That proposal led to the signing of a treaty during the following year , and the setting up of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — N.A.T.O . |
| 13 | The setting up of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization caused the U.S.S.R. |
| 14 | ( It was the publicity given to a case in Egham which led to the setting up of the Arton Wilson Committee . ) |
| 15 | A field discovered following the controversial opening up of the Santa Maria basin off California could turn out to be the largest discovered since the Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska but the most stringent efforts will do no more than mitigate an inevitable production decline . |
| 16 | The economic outlook is likely to be a heavy influence , one thing concerning a lot of people is the winding up of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation . |
| 17 | Sharon Harrington is a very active member of the group who has also been influential in the setting up of the Blyth Valley Self-Advocacy Group , which she now chairs . |
| 18 | He told Elizabeth of the meal in the dining room , with the butler and maids serving on and made her giggle at his father 's summing up of the Dowager Lady Lassiter . |
| 19 | The car pulled up opposite the Tsar Cannon , one of the largest cannons ever made . |
| 20 | My beat went up Duke Street , turn left on Great George Street , up past the David Lewis Hostel for Seamen , down Park Lane , back to the bridewell and the quarter-hour point at the top of Duke Street . |
| 21 | Are the Alps to end up like the Joni Mitchell song ? |
| 22 | In the meantime various troubles had flared up throughout the world -America had become involved in Korea ; France was involved in both Algiers ( who were seeking independence ) and Indo-China ; whilst Britain became involved in retaliation against the Egyptian government which had threatened to take over the Suez Canal . |
| 23 | Miss Geyer writes : ‘ The new thing in history that Castro did was to destroy the Communist Party and create his own Fidelista Party , which he called Communist in order to stand up against the United States and to gain backing and to borrow power from the Soviet Union ’ . |
| 24 | Ludo and I turn our collars up against the chill April evening , and ram our hands in our coat pockets . |
| 25 | A car pulled up behind the Land Rover and disgorged Gareth and then Tremayne who moved like a tank across the earthy verge and rocked to a halt a yard away . |
| 26 | In Sheffield , the South Yorkshire supertram is being built , while Leeds , Nottingham and Croydon , south London , are lining up behind the West Midlands . |
| 27 | It 's much like a DYPP , and should really have been called DXPP , but someone came up with the name Tech-Tech first ( on the other hand , just try to pronounce DXPP ! ) . |
| 28 | The operating agreement it has set up with the Manchester Metrolink — due to start running along several sections of former BR track today — could provide a good foundation . |
| 29 | This was to be the visit on which he linked up with The New York Dolls . |
| 30 | It is about a man who gets fed up with the New York rat race and forsakes advertising to buy a Gendamerie in Provence . |