Example sentences of "up [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | Up came the river and |
| 3 | The wheels lifted off the runway , up came the undercarriage and , as it was the short runway , I left the flap down a little longer than usual . |
| 4 | Other problems were also experienced , including the damage of saplings during the logging phase of TSS , which opened the habitat to colonisation by secondary species , and the availability of light as the canopy was opened up encouraged the growth of unwanted climbers and weeds . |
| 5 | At the end of every round off came the gold knob and up went the stick . |
| 6 | Up went the visor . |
| 7 | But er if you had to paper the parlour was always papered in the ceiling but he kitchen was always whitewashed because we had these , if I explain to you these er fireplaces that er were n't very successful burning coal you know and the smoke would rise and before you knew where you were the ceiling was black again so sort of every so often up went the whitewash brush and you 'd whitewash the the ceiling . |
| 8 | Some women who started work after their children had grown up felt the need to continue working in order to obtain a reasonable pension on retirement , yet they were forced to retire at 60 , because that is the age when they become entitled to a state and/or occupational pension . |
| 9 | Those taken up enabled the Society to expand its business activities in 1989 . |
| 10 | The UP accused the government of responsibility for the murder ; until December Gutiérrez had been held in a top-security prison in Bogotá , but he was then transferred to Medellín and released for Christmas to join his family . |
| 11 | Another button and up stood the rest . |
| 12 | As rumours of an impending shake up swept the region , Geoff Nichol , chief executive of Darlington health district , issued a statement to staff last week clarifying his position . |
| 13 | ‘ UP jumped the troll … |