Example sentences of "up [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently no one had told McCulloch what key the rest were playing in but , technical matters aside , the whole thing was lapped up keenly by the crowd . |
| 2 | Apparently no one had told McCulloch what key the rest were playing in but , technical matters aside , the whole thing was lapped up keenly by the crowd . |
| 3 | Springing up microscopically on the double helices to create that most controversial of creatures — the human embryo . |
| 4 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 5 | I go up on to the headland where there are huge cliffs shot with crevices and water streams down the walls from melting snow . |
| 6 | She also went up on to the stage afterwards to meet the singers , and endeared herself to them all when one of the chorus asked , ‘ Why do n't you come and audition for the company ? ’ |
| 7 | The car reels and swerves up on to the pavement , crashing into a shopfront and shattering itself and the window panes . |
| 8 | But a thump at the door made her scramble back up on to the bed for safety . |
| 9 | Then Gazzer 's boyish face , grinning , cracking jokes , leapt up on to the screen . |
| 10 | Gaily heaved and hitched himself up on to the high stool , shoving the bag of laundry between his feet once more . |
| 11 | To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck . |
| 12 | Hands tugged at the German and helped him up on to the narrow ledge . |
| 13 | Swirling in an army Chinook helicopter through wind and fog and over a sea of smouldering lava yesterday , it was easy to see why earlier plans to bomb or mine it off course and up on to the surface have been shelved . |
| 14 | One of the soldiers had come up on to the cabin top . |
| 15 | I can not remember just what purpose had taken me up on to the top floor of the house to where the row of guest bedrooms line the corridor . |
| 16 | There were no bombs left , so Mayne leaped up on to the wing and , reaching into the cockpit , wrenched out the instrument panel with his bare hands . |
| 17 | He leapt up on to the ledge of rock which ran around the whole island under the overhang like some inside-out cloister , and tied us up . |
| 18 | Do n't imagine you can walk easily straight up on to the Arête from the bottom of the corrie , as you may get into difficulties near the top unless you 've a head for heights . |
| 19 | This time I at least got past the lochan and up on to the boulder field that leads to the window . |
| 20 | The grassy hillside steering you up on to the ridge starts off as a benign little stroll , until you realise it is going to continue forever . |
| 21 | There is no need to walk up to the summit of Cairn Gorm underneath the chairlift , since there is a route that runs west from the car park , and takes you up on to the Fiacaill ridge , a world away from the frightful clanking kingdom of the ski-tows . |
| 22 | Liam was helped up on to the driving seat by an even grumpier Den and the two women and the reins put into his hand . |
| 23 | Moving as quietly and gently as she could to avoid scaring the budgie away , Penny climbed up on to the fence and then , by way of various branches , up the tree . |
| 24 | She crossed silently to the tree and swung herself up on to the nearest branch . |
| 25 | There was never a shortage of helpers to lift the bike up on to the pavement — over the school step and into the passage . |
| 26 | She climbed up on to the Magician 's shoe . |
| 27 | It was a fine summer morning when they left and , avoiding the roads as much as possible , made their way up on to the high muirs on the Lanarkshire/Ayrshire boundary , intending to travel direct towards Priesthill and hoping to take John Browne by surprise . |
| 28 | If things get nasty on Planet Terra it can at least beam itself up on to the Starship Astra . |
| 29 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 30 | With one concerted effort , they heaved the boar out of the water and up on to the bank . |