Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've just got to keep doubling up until the time is right . |
| 2 | The popularity of cider seems to have grown up around the time of the Norman Conquest , and the best soil and climate for growing apples dictated that the south-west became predominant in cider-making . |
| 3 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 4 | He rang back again at once and mistakenly carried on with the Airds ' answering service , not realizing that the woman there had picked up by the time I got to the phone . |
| 5 | Fee income was still growing — we were very happy with the growth rate and everything was going according to the five-year plan we had drawn up at the time of the merger . |
| 6 | The rear windows have steamed up by the time we decant her , and do not clear again until we are nearly over Putney Bridge . |
| 7 | So that 's it — we deduct five overs and three runs for the rain interruption , plus another eight overs and four runs to make up for the time it 's taken us to work it out . |