Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [v-ing] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 2 | Say a prayer and light one of the candles each Sunday in Advent gradually building up the light as Christ 's coming draws nearer . |
| 3 | Is it connected with the variety of radical movements actually making up the counterculture ? |
| 4 | Simon actually counting up the cars next door , on the drive , getting , by that knowledge wanted to keep it . |
| 5 | Santa Barbara village street was deserted , except for Inés just opening up the shop to take in the milk left by the farmer . |
| 6 | But the scale of the increase might come as a surprise : on the 21-week agreement 10p a week extra pushing up the rate of charge from 26. 1 per cent to 72.5 per cent for example , or on the 15-week agreement 1 p a week extra almost doubling the rate . |
| 7 | The user has also to construct a path through the relations thus setting up the linkages required at run time . |
| 8 | Mothers were encouraged to give solids at a very early age and bottle feeding was predominant , with mothers incorrectly making up the feeds . |
| 9 | The first ones ran straight over to the corner of the roof , saw the drop and veered back , colliding with the others still pouring up the staircase . |
| 10 | Franchisees come from all sorts of backgrounds , with women increasingly taking up the challenge . |
| 11 | ‘ Is Robin Culley still heading up the task force ? ’ |
| 12 | He led the way , followed by an ebullient Christina and Elaine , with James sullenly bringing up the rear . |
| 13 | For one thing , ICI now scrubs the wastes clean and makes money on the products and has also made good use of heat previously going up the chimney stacks . |