Sentence examples for up the pavement from inspiring English sources

We pedestrians must give up the pavement and get around some other way.

In particular, during winter the geothermal air warms up the pavement, while during summer the pavement is cooled down.

Potholes are caused, he said, when water gets into the pavement structure, freezes and expands, causing wedges of ice to push up the pavement and pop it out.

Precautions, it seems, have been taken; the treads have been replaced with rubber tyres so as not to mince up the pavement, and the gun turrets removed.

The contractors who perform these operations have to keep the traffic moving as they open up the pavement, especially on major arteries like the Long Island Expressway.

But through the years, tank tracks have torn up the pavement and mortars have left star-shaped scars in the asphalt.

People quickly started to plant up the pavements in front of their houses.

Not for the faint-hearted, perhaps, but Special K crimson should brighten up the pavements in autumn 2013.

The haul, says a woman with a grin, is on its way to the tables of Beijing.This sea-harvest crawls up the pavements and covers the slopes of the town.

Anywhere else in the world this cardboard city would raise eyebrows, but not in Hong Kong.For a few weeks, small fortune has favoured the weekend influx of such house maids who take up the pavements, overpasses and public squares of Central on a typical Hong Kong Sunday.

Tell you what this city needs, this bustling hotbed of commerce and activity, and that's a load of slow-walking cunts jamming up the pavements on a slow-motion walking tour.