Example sentences of "up [prep] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm one was a penalty on Saturday , G Gary 's and of course you ca n't er really lay a lot of credit for getting in the six yard box on penalties , but he took his other goal well , shot and he pick he picked the bits up off the keeper and Gary scored a good headed goal from a a brilliant cross by Tony . |
| 2 | The heat comes up off the tarmac and pummels him . |
| 3 | ‘ There is no need to be ashamed , ’ he said to himself , getting up off the bed and making his way to the door to see what his native Forest looked like in daylight and to see what sort of world it was where a man could be free and alone and full of shame . |
| 4 | He must expect her to get up off the bed and kiss his cheek , say good-night , see you in the morning , go out quickly and close the door behind her . |
| 5 | She got up off the bed and went to the door , her heart thumping wildly . |
| 6 | She picked his anorak up off the floor and stood there with it over her arm , leaning against his chair . |
| 7 | He picked the clothes up off the floor and put them away in the wardrobe , and found the President a clean pair of slacks and a shirt before sweeping up the broken glass . |
| 8 | He picked the hat up off the floor and put it on his own head . |
| 9 | ( Wringing her apron in mock indignation ) That 's the third time this week I 've picked his Good polyester-dacron trousers up off the floor and Hung them up in their crease . |
| 10 | He then got up off the floor and threatened to hit the labour master with his boots in his hand . |
| 11 | Paul gets up off the floor and sits on the bed . |
| 12 | She got up off the floor and went into the kitchen . |
| 13 | It 'll be some heavyweight challenge for Town to pick themselves up off the floor and fight their way out of trouble . |
| 14 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 15 | He saw the tree rise up off the stage and did not see the rope and pulleys that raised it . |
| 16 | So it was more convenient to raise the body up off the ground and sprint for short lengths on the rear legs with the tail , now much thicker and longer , acting as a counter-weight . |
| 17 | In two strides the Trunchbull was beside him , and by some amazing gymnastic trick , it may have been judo or karate , she flipped the back of Wilfred 's legs with one of her feet so that the boy shot up off the ground and turned a somersault in the air . |
| 18 | They 've got red ones , blue ones , pick them up off the ground when they 're finished with them . |
| 19 | It could be that the cordless power-tool is turning a full circle , representing the original hand-tools without the sweat ; you simply pick it up off the bench and use it , or pack it away in your toolbag and take it to wherever the task has to be done , and do it . |
| 20 | If a grip could be got on the parcel , maybe she could thread it up between the wood and through ? |
| 21 | The recent announcement of a link up between the EC and EFTA to create a European Economic Area [ EEA ] by 1993 is likely to have little immediate impact on the proportion of exports destined for these areas , partly because privileged access to each others markets has already been in existence for a number of years between the two trading blocks . |
| 22 | An acrimonious argument and clash of personalities flared up between the BMC and MLTB , which ended up in a London arbitration court that suggested a formula for reconciliation , Lord Hunt reported on the way forward : a key element being that the BMC should retain and foster its influence and activity in the training sphere . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , Sapaudia was divided up between the Burgundians and the native population . |
| 24 | By many similar experiments , I have since proved that a free communication of the limpid fluid , which the canal contains , is kept up between the brain and the whole extent of spinal marrow . |
| 25 | Negotiations were said to have been set up between the government and Gen. Jorge Ballerino , one of Pinochet 's close advisers , to negotiate terms . |
| 26 | On 10 November 1921 , a new agreement was drawn up between the Company and Croydon Corporation for maintenance of track within the Borough and to permit the construction of a curve at the top of Tamworth Road , only to be used for the transfer of cars . |
| 27 | It is a reasonably steep walk up between the trees and the outcrops and takes about forty-five minutes . |
| 28 | What is less clear , however , is how funds derived from such government-financed bodies as the Research Councils should be divided up between the universities and the public sector institutions of higher education . |
| 29 | The minder may interject at times , but will allow a relationship to build up between the client and the trainee . |
| 30 | Crucial to the development process is the relationship built up between the analyst and the user . |