Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had reports for disobeying orders , getting involved , stopping an officer doing what she should be doing , just through sticking up for my girlfriend . |
| 2 | What about touching up ? |
| 3 | ‘ It 's about building up a character till you know everything . |
| 4 | Here the problem for the Labour leadership is even more difficult for there is no constitutional issue about building up a separate organization within the party . |
| 5 | Furthermore , British Rail has its eyes on the Bankside site for bringing up the spoil from the tunnel for Channel traffic which it is , so absurdly , driving under the middle of London at astronomical cost . |
| 6 | That did not happen to the drill in question , used for bringing up deep water , because the workers were foreigners , excluded from the provisions of the law . |
| 7 | One social worker wrote : ‘ [ The ] young person enjoyed completing [ the ] questionnaire and it was a very useful tool for bringing up a whole range of issues from the very practical ( needing to arrange visits to the dentist/optician ) to the very complex and emotional . ’ |
| 8 | The SAS claimed forty aircraft , many of them Junkers 52 transporters which Rommel relied on for bringing up supplies . |
| 9 | ‘ Pluto is renowned for bringing up things that are buried , so we are going to see revealed things that have remained secret for years . |
| 10 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 11 | The answer … is not to resign ourselves to our women 's role — in a woman 's place — and demand payment for staying put , but to collectivise childcare , to share the responsibility for bringing up children within the community . |
| 12 | look at the actual erm suitability of the flats say , for bringing up children . |
| 13 | Erm how suitable would you say the flats are for bringing up children ? |
| 14 | At fifteen she accepted responsibility for bringing up her brothers and sisters . |
| 15 | Where was the best place for bringing up fish on the river ? |
| 16 | lot of the people who are complaining here are people who are complaining that their an assessment has been made which was very much lower than is necessary for bringing up children . |
| 17 | The prime responsibility for bringing up children rests with parents . |
| 18 | Barry contends the two-parent family remains the best structure for bringing up children , but that single-parent families and other minorities seem to get an inordinate say in society . |
| 19 | you know , rules for bringing up your child . |
| 20 | There was a violent row in the Bundestag , for instance , when the SPD leader , Kurt Schuhmacher , attacked Adenauer for cosying up to the enemy by calling him ‘ the Allies ' Chancellor ’ in 1949 . |
| 21 | There are flashing units for flashing up to abutments or , if desired , these can be reversed to run into gutters . |
| 22 | On this basis , no parents would consider abortion for ‘ Reason four ’ ( see Chapter five ) ; everything possible would be done to help the survival of the severely handicapped ; parents would in almost all cases wish to keep their child , and there would be no actual difference between bringing up a child who was mentally handicapped and one who was not , or one who was disabled or one who was not , unless the necessary support services were lacking . |
| 23 | Keep a few cans in store for whizzing up quick and nutritious meals for the family |
| 24 | Many of these are useful for using up small amounts of unusual or expensive yarn . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've included a lot of ideas in the book for using up leftovers — not just the turkey but odd lumps of cheese or tired bits of fruit . ’ |
| 26 | For using up the tapes , I 'll take it tomorrow at Wembley |
| 27 | Matthieu was also responsible for drawing up a plan of the New Town ( see p. 138 ) but he died in 1352 before completing more than four chapels in the cathedral choir . |
| 28 | Depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin obviating the need for drawing up and simplifying the procedure for when patients are out and about . |
| 29 | a facility for drawing up the next plan in the light of the |
| 30 | The district councils being usually responsible for drawing up detailed local plans in accordance with policies defined in the structure plans . |