Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [prep] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking up from the main road we passed the camel drivers squatting round their early morning fires . |
| 2 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 3 | But all that was happening was , the overflow pipe from the Koi quarters was partially blocked : this meant that an abnormally high head of water was building up in the main pool , bringing the level above the sealed junction between liner and blockwork . |
| 4 | Tithonus creates a sense of emotional anguish by Tennyson 's use of inversion between lines five and six , ‘ Me only cruel immortality/consumes ’ : This breaking up of the main image of the poem suggests that Tithonus has been captured by immortality . |
| 5 | The train that leaves Montreal comprises only a couple of day coaches , linking up with the main service 10 hours later at the junction town of Sudbury , Ontario . |