Example sentences of "went up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A whisper went up that Gogarth was a possibility and panicky looks were cast around the room .
2 Then , faster than she 'd ever climbed before , she went up that tree .
3 It 's true you know if a di if a child did come out the gate , with that wee fella yesterday I saw him he was with Ryan and he went up that path like lightning .
4 went up five pounds , my sister done her nut till I told her how much ours was .
5 ninety ninety one prices went up thirteen percent on average , and in ninety one ninety two by fifteen percent .
6 They danced in front of her as she went up Long Field , following Joe and the horse and heaving old broad bean haulms into the cart .
7 You know we went up new year , after new year to see her er , it were , a lovely , nice Christmas tree in the foyer .
8 The 1964 committee devised a system of entrances and exits to the serving points , and people went up one aisle and down the next to avoid confusion .
9 I know it went up two steps .
10 They went up other week did n't they ?
11 In the next four days , the dogs pulled the sledges eighty-one kilometres , and went up 3,000 metres .
12 Which floor would the elevator ( or lift ) stop at , if it started from street level , went up 4 floors , came down 3 floors , then went up 2 floors again ?
13 Which floor would the elevator ( or lift ) stop at , if it started from street level , went up 4 floors , came down 3 floors , then went up 2 floors again ?
14 Howard 's pompous manner changed , his voice went up several decibels .
15 We reached Afdam Station on 19 December , four days after leaving Bahdu , and from there I went up next day by train to Addis Ababa .
16 Which floor would the elevator ( or lift ) stop at , if it started from street level , went up 4 floors , came down 3 floors , then went up 2 floors again ?
17 Which floor would the elevator ( or lift ) stop at , if it started from street level , went up 4 floors , came down 3 floors , then went up 2 floors again ?
18 And now she had the shop — Mary Ann Evans 's , with its wood-panelled lifts that went up seven floors and a turnover of so many millions a year .
19 ‘ Was the door locked when you went up this morning ? ’ asked Mary .
20 They went up some dark and broken stairs .
21 I tell you , I went up those steps faster than a scalded faggot , propelled by a barbarous diuretic terror on behalf of my exposed rear end The heavy door at the top did n't give until the fifth push , but by then I had turned , and seen the shrugging figures as they retreated into the light , and now I could hear only laughter .
22 Her voice went up three tones on the last words , she sniffed loudly and I heard the click of her handbag .
23 The percentage went up last year , but the amount of the levy is still set to fall over the 1990s .
24 I suggest after we get the bill else it 'll it went up last year
25 That compares with an estimated 200,000 cocaine users and seizures by the police went up last year by 3,500% .
26 oh they went up last year , er , I just forget now , so much on the mile er
27 The curtain went up last night on The Little Shop of Horrors .
28 I went up last week , and erm , everyone , there was no one there , so er .
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