Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be traced up the boulder strewn fellside easterly of the beetling Kernal Crag , along and over Thriddle Scar ( in which were ancient workings but little other than trials ) across ground with pits , trials and trenches , made by early miners along its strike , to pass below the northern margin of Levers Water . |
| 2 | Alternatively , they may be lifted up the backstay by shockcord to keep them out of the way . |
| 3 | More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down . |
| 4 | For the next couple of days , the Britannia will be anchored up the coast , where Prince Charles will work on a BBC film about the environment and talk to government radicals with whom it was considered impolitic for him to spend time during his official itinerary . |
| 5 | The wording referring to the specific location in the location description would by definition have to be drawn up the region , cos they would have intimate knowledge of the locality that er sorry and the costs would be drawn up by the region because they would know as I say intimately they would know that specific development |
| 6 | This space thus contains all the elements of the assembly and can be reflected up the hierarchical structure to a level at which assemblies are being considered . |
| 7 | As the plant grows the band can be slid up the canes or , as the plant grows wider , both canes and band removed and repositioned . |
| 8 | He felt as abject as a convalescent child and had to be helped up the three stone flights to his cell . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , she allowed herself to be helped up the high step and onto a bunk opposite the one on which Robbie was now lying … |
| 10 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 11 | Only people with soft heads stick them in the sand and wait to be kicked up the arse by little cheats and liars . |
| 12 | ‘ I did not feel guilty about having to be kicked up the arse . |
| 13 | Thus the coarse grains will be driven up the slope DA and will come to rest in the lee of the crest , AB , past which they can not move because of the complete shelter here . |
| 14 | It was a common experience for me to fall in love with love and then be led up the garden path , only to be rejected and mocked . |
| 15 | The reader has to be led up the garden path . |
| 16 | Ceramic tiles-which can be continued up the space between counter top and unit to make a handsome splashback-come in a huge range of colours and designs and can look spectacular , gentle or fresh depending on the effect you want . |
| 17 | It is better than tripods for a really wet crop since the crop may be put up the day it is cut even in rainy weather . |
| 18 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |
| 19 | The noise thus created is thought to be passed up the animal 's windpipe and into the sinus cavities of the skull , where it resonates to produce the purring sound . |
| 20 | There may now be a place , but if not , this process can be repeated up the tree until a place is found for the new value . |
| 21 | If your parcel is lost or damaged , compensation may be paid up the specified limit according to the fee paid . |