Example sentences of "then [vb past] up the " 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 I began by taking the cable-car and the chairlift beyond it , then wandered up the lower glacier to the hut .
6 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 .
7 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 .
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 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 .
10 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 .
11 ‘ I locked the lecture-room , came downstairs and checked that there was no one in the ground-floor rooms , then locked up the building . ’
12 According to family tradition , Mr and Mrs Major then carved up the constituency and set about rallying the troops .
13 Both guards broke clear , looked round for a moment and then leapt up the bank into the wood .
14 I knew it was inside , set a trap within the hole and then blocked up the entrance .
15 I waited until the Worm was back in there and then blocked up the hole through which it had come .
16 Laying these aside quietly , they then prised up the thin lead sheathing from round the edges of the glass and gouged out the putty holding the pane in place .
17 The same player struck a penalty moments later to put the visitors 13-8 in front , but a Davie Nicholson 's try for Armagh then tied up the scores at 13-13 at half-time .
18 He kissed her again and then started up the car .
19 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 .
20 He then brought up the £8000 to £8,000 by steering clear of the OTC , and the vicar was ecstatic that at last he seemed to be making some money .
21 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 .
22 The entire band dropped into the valley beyond us , and then proceeded up the Bitterroot .
23 I worked right through it and then looked up the proper translation , which was at the end of the book .
24 Stirling then dreamed up the idea of a true-to-life rehearsal against shipping at Port Suez , without bothering to inform the Navy .
25 Pushing his arms into the waistcoat , which he then buttoned up the wrong way in his confusion , he pointed to the girl who had lifted the veil of wet hair from her face and was peeking out of one eye .
26 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 .
27 Clark then wrote up the experiment , which appeared to confirm his initial brainwave , and submitted it to Nature .
28 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 .
29 At the gangway he hesitated and then ran up the bank after them .
30 He then summed up the situation in brusque style for the policeman at the other end .
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