Example sentences of "[conj] be [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feelings that are carried up the aisle or into the registry office are presumably countless . |
| 2 | It is the question of how this transition takes place that is holding up the calling of an extraordinary general meeting for the purposes of formalising the arrangement . |
| 3 | This is the wild and tasteless world of The Hitman And Her , the vibrantly garish , unashamedly downmarket youth TV programme that is storming up the ratings chart with its gloriously OTT presentation of provincial culture . |
| 4 | There was that chap that was sacked up the country was n't he ? |
| 5 | In the Joint Committee that was set up the conflict was , in Hanrott 's words , ‘ played cool ’ , but it was conflict nevertheless . |
| 6 | Victoria has slipped from that part of the head where pressing thoughts gather , taking with her a lot of the baggage that was cluttering up the hallways . |
| 7 | Many of the biggest companies are refusing to take on new clients with such cars , and are jacking up the premiums on existing business . |
| 8 | Eggs escape under the bursa of the male and are carried up the trachea in the excess mucus produced in response to infection : they are then swallowed and passed in the faeces . |
| 9 | The trio scored 6/6 between them in rounds seven and eight and are carving up the rest of the field , none of whom has more than 50 per cent . |
| 10 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
| 11 | At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail . |
| 12 | He 's finalising the documentation for a private bid , and is putting up the cash himself … |
| 13 | She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming . |
| 14 | He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone . |
| 15 | He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him . |
| 16 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
| 17 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |