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• A coil of thick blue smoke rose up from his pipe.
• Transatlantic airfares are going up.
• Although long-distance phone calls are going up, the charge for local calls will not alter.
• Share prices moved up slowly yesterday.
• She filled the jug up with cream.

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• Putting up some new wallpaper has made all the difference to the place.
• Hang the clothes up to dry.
• His trousers were held up with a piece of elastic.
• The children's work had been put up on the walls of the classroom.
• I stuck the notice up on the board.

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• He tilted his chair backwards and put his feet up on his desk.
• I need you to hold it steady while I'm up the ladder.
• Dad is up on the roof clearing the guttering.
• The sugar is up on that shelf behind you.
• Luckily, my toast landed on the carpet with the buttered side up!

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• A car drove up alongside (ours).
• He went up to a complete stranger and started talking.
• She strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
• A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
• We crept up behind her and yelled "Boo!"

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• It was rainy this morning, but it brightened up after lunch.
• I might just warm up the leftovers from yesterday's meal in the microwave.
• Guide dogs open up the lives of the blind or visually impaired.
• His time in the army certainly toughened him up.
• My foot swelled up to three times the normal size when it was stung by a wasp.

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• On a working day I tend to get up around seven o'clock.
• I'm unused to getting up so early.
• I was up until three o'clock trying to get it finished!
• My sister was up most of the night with her baby who's teething.
• We stayed up (late) to watch a film.

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• They're planning to set up their own business.
• Could we set up a meeting for next week?
• We were discussing who would be suitable for the job, and your name came up.
• A job in the sales department has come up - would you be interested?
• There are several things I'd like to bring up at the meeting tomorrow.

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• I need a couple of days in the office to catch up with some paperwork.
• We've received so many orders that we're finding it difficult to keep up with the demand.
• I'm planning to catch up on some sleep this weekend.
• Jack finds it difficult to keep up with the rest of the class.
• My Italian friends speak so fast that I find it really difficult to keep up with what they're saying.

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• if you put a little money aside each week, it's surprising how quickly it adds up.
• if you add those four figures up, it comes to £400.
• Collect up your things and follow me.
• She gathered up the newspapers that were scattered around the floor.
• I just need to gather up a few things and then we can go.

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• She wrapped the vase up carefully before packing it in the suitcase.
• I found a bundle of letters tied up with a red ribbon at the back of her drawer.
• Can you help me do up my dress?
• Do your laces up or you'll trip over.
• Wrap him up in a blanket and give him a hot drink.

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• She broke the bar of chocolate up and handed each child a piece.
• I'll cut up a few pieces of fruit for the kids.
• He folded up the sheets and put them in the washing basket.
• We had to smash up the old fireplace to get it out.
• She chopped up a small onion and added it to the pan.

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• Learning to take disappointments is all part of growing up.
• She decided she'd rather bring her children up in the countryside.

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• The lorry chugged up the hill.
• With a knife clenched between his teeth, he climbed up the tree to cut some coconuts.
• The spider crept up the wall.
• He came charging up the stairs to tell me the good news.
• The noise of the car startled the birds and the whole flock flew up into the air.

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• Her office is up those steps to your right.
• They've got a different flag up the flagpole today.
• We had to rescue our kitten from up the tree.
• Who would build their house up a mountain? That's silly.
• Is anyone still up the tower, or did you all come down together?

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• Jack, move up the bench a bit, then Tess can sit next to me.
• We took turns to row the boat up the river.
• The gravel crunched underfoot as we walked up the path.
• There's a big traffic jam further up the motorway, so we'd better take a different route.
• The plane set off up the runway, gradually gathering speed.

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• Total sales this month were up by $2 billion.
• Net profits in September were marginally up on the figures for August.
• Kathy wore her hair up with a pair of expensive looking earrings.
• We need to go to the first floor, where's the up escalator?
• an up stroke

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• There was a brief powercut but by ten o'clock the computers were up again.
• Will the system be up again tomorrow morning?