Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] up from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add to those characteristics the meticulous almost fussy ways which Anthony has picked up from his father , and you have a close family likeness — yet to Anthony they are almost completely unacknowledged and unrecognised . |
| 2 | Here , black has come up from the streets and into the drawing room ; overleaf , neutral tones assert themselves . |
| 3 | Jane has looked up from her papers . |
| 4 | The King graciously stood godfather ; the baby of course was named George and was given a silver bowl inscribed ‘ The gift of His Majesty King George to his godson , George Lamb , Anno Dom 1725 ’ A story has grown up from this — for years I thought it was true — that Henry James saw this bowl — it had become by legend , golden — and the sight was the seed that led to his novel , The Golden Bowl . |
| 5 | This tourniquet is released before the needle is withdrawn from the vein to prevent the back-pressure which has built up from causing the blood to spurt out and form a bruise . |
| 6 | Tory group leader Coun John Hale said : ‘ It all stems back to the early days when people were encouraged not to pay and the momentum has built up from this . ’ |
| 7 | The number of credit cards has shot up from 9.8m in 1979 to 28.4m now . |
| 8 | After just two days on the market , the software group has shot up from 70p to 113p — great news for the institutions who got in on the ground floor . |
| 9 | Most are in primary schools where the average class size has shot up from 26.1 to 28.8 in two years . |
| 10 | Data on dependants is available for supplementary benefit , and , as noted above , the number has shot up from 4.4 million to 8.2 million . |
| 11 | Mrs Brooks , forty-three , has moved up from the role of president of US operations to overall president and chief executive officer of the company , a newly created post . |
| 12 | Matthew Miles has moved up from being a National Account Executive in the Multiples Sector to become National Account Manager in the sector , reporting to Gary Lunt . |
| 13 | This is afterwards , when he has got up from the couch , when he 's making a date for the next appointment and putting on his overcoat in the hall , returning to his ordinary guarded self before he walks out on to the street . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , lady , nothing about you has measured up from the beginning . |
| 15 | Yeah , she 's great — she has split up from her husband and works for her and the kids , a really independent woman who 's been messed around by men and is now looking after herself . |
| 16 | The total of loans and other financings to customers outside France has gone up from FFr28m in 1981 to FFr10.7m last year . |
| 17 | Sure enough , due to prospects this year of a vintage declaration and an estimated shortfall of supply over demand ( although the latest estimated harvest figure has gone up from 250 to 274 million bottles ) , the price per kilo of grapes was fixed at 26.77 French francs , a 13.78 per cent increase over last year . |
| 18 | The Northern League of Signor Umberto Bossi , which wants a separate state for the rich north in a federal Italy , has gone up from two seats to 82 . |
| 19 | The survival rate has gone up from 20 per cent in 1960 to 80 per cent now . |
| 20 | Over the last 20 years a pint of milk has increased five-fold from 5p to 26p today , and a loaf of bread has gone up from 10p to 47p . |
| 21 | The result has been the Cashline availability has gone up from 92 per cent to 97 per cent in the last eighteen months . ’ |
| 22 | Salad consumption has gone up from 1.44oz to 1.89oz per week . |
| 23 | Citrus fruit consumption has gone up from 2.70oz per person per week in 1982 for oranges to 2.99oz , and for other citrus fruits from 1.72oz to 2.19oz . |
| 24 | First , safety expenditure under the Government and British Rail is higher than it has ever been in British Rail 's history — it has gone up from £140 million to £200 million . |
| 25 | Has the additional cost has gone up from six thousand to eight thousand more , or is it still six thousand ? |
| 26 | At the Civic Theatre , despite a lower number of performances last year , attendance has gone up from 112,000 to 113,000 . |
| 27 | And on Wednesday Judy Robinson is set to leave the Grey Horse pub , Bank Top Judy 's rent has gone up from £13,000 to £25,000 . |
| 28 | Over the last five years criminal legal aid has soared from £25 million to £47 million while advice and assistance has gone up from £5.9 million to £15.4 million . |
| 29 | Police figures show that the detection rate for crime in Airdrie has gone up from 30 to 70 per cent since the cameras were installed . |
| 30 | The share of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has edged up from 9% to 11% . |