Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ? |
| 2 | Well they had a particularly bad time many of them lost absolutely everything and now they 're protesting cos the Lloyds people are only coming up with a nine hundred million pound rescue package that might give them some of them back half of what they invested . |
| 3 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 4 | As he was talking , he was sliding out of bed , still trying to face his wife , but finally leaping up with a glad cry and rushing for the door , clad only in his pyjama top , his penis smacking against his thighs as he ran , as she noted . |
| 5 | Then turn to the opposite direction by stepping with the left foot about a shoulder 's width to the left , thus ending up in a left forward stance in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | I mean , I 'm well aware you do n't have to face single-handed and prattling , blowing your own cor-anglais and generally acting up before a captive crowd of thousands . |
| 7 | It 's staring right up at me , like it knows exactly what I 'm thinking , like it knows I have n't got a dream of ever coming up with a first sentence . |
| 8 | He tried to say this in a way that suggested that he was always ringing up for a natter about arsenic and thallium , that there was nothing odd about his request . |
| 9 | The Landmark Trust is always willing to consider new candidates for restoration and is often restoring up to a dozen buildings at any one time . |
| 10 | Waiting for his break , he supported himself with a series of odd jobs : driving limos , handing out cigarette samples and even dressing up in a giant chicken costume to promote a fast-food franchise . |