Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the shadows lengthen , the men can be seen standing around with a pint of beer in hand , while mothers keep watchful eyes on the kids and catch up on the latest gossip . |
| 2 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 3 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
| 4 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
| 5 | Each table was fitted with transfusion stands and connected up to the piped oxygen laid on throughout Casualty . |
| 6 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 7 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 8 | The sense of shared knowledge and teamwork has been further accentuated by the numerous glimpses and views up into the studio spaces , the upstairs offices and surrounding meeting rooms . |
| 9 | Here , in an empty silence , he unpacked his bicycle panniers and went up to the pantry where the bulk of the xerox squatted amongst unsavoury tea-towels beside a tea-stained sink . |
| 10 | Marian sat back on her heels and smiled up into the old woman 's face . |
| 11 | Di Revelle from the Red Cross says I 'd like to see it introduced in schools and taken up by the community . |
| 12 | And so began one of the most successful record production partnerships of the decade — the glitzy music biz rewards of which are an impressive collection of gold discs , hanging along the stairwell at Street Mansions and continuing up into the studio , where they are accompanied by a blown-up print of The Beatles hard at work in the studio on the ‘ Let It Be ’ sessions . |
| 13 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 14 | The nose which they used for gathering food enabled them to pluck grass and reeds at their feet and to reach up into the trees above their heads . |
| 15 | However , ’ he stamped his feet and looked up at the darkened mass of the church , ‘ no one , not even in Southwark , can be that degenerate . |
| 16 | The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky . |
| 17 | His face darkened , and as he strode grimly towards her she stumbled hastily to her feet and backed up against the wall . |
| 18 | Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ? |
| 19 | I took the tube to Carnaby Street , walked past the colourful street bazaars and ended up in the office , heart almost in mouth . |
| 20 | The practice in the club eventually leads on to grading competitions where new players try to lose their white belts and progress up through the colours until , usually as young adults , they experience the magical moment of putting on that black belt for the first time . |
| 21 | The Mercedes burst into flames and broke up with the burning wreckage being thrown among the spectators . |
| 22 | And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium . |
| 23 | He sucked in deep , racking breaths and looked up at the two men . |
| 24 | Emily and I put our heads together after office hours and came up with the answers we needed . |
| 25 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 26 | Decked in tasselled yellow howdah cloths and ridden by straw-hatted Annamese mahouts perched straddle-legged behind their ears , a dozen elephants lumbered slowly across the flagstones and lined up before the open doors . |
| 27 | That has to speak highly for the way in which the software does its internal calculations and comes up with the answers . |
| 28 | The empty restaurant lay in linen-and-silver silence behind them as she undid the bolts and opened up to the daylight . |
| 29 | Another day dawned and the mists from the river swirled and eddied round the banks and crept up to the house the Hanging Judge had built . |
| 30 | Similarly , a motherless Glasgow soldier 's daughter was taken in by her grandparents and brought up with the help of an aunt , who married soon after but stayed in the same home . |