Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [pron] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a disastrous period of neglect when Glaswegians preferred Costa del Sol to this island of Bute abounding ‘ in pleasing scenes ’ , the ‘ stately hotels ’ and ‘ comfortable villas ’ , though older and a bit worn , are sprucing themselves up as the visitors , still almost exclusively Glaswegian , are coming back . |
| 2 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 3 | When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead . |
| 4 | They 're warming us up for the next attack . ’ |
| 5 | We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days . |
| 6 | In a kindly voice ( for which , later , he felt like smacking her ) , she said , ‘ I think you are mixing me up with the child our mother had in the late 1930s . ’ |
| 7 | We 've got a very good set up erm my mechanic Mick Day is coming back again tomorrow ; I 'm picking him up from the airport , so that 'll be three years with him and erm I can rely on him to sort of get things ready and erm you know , we 've got a great set up and really I can just concentrate on trying to be erm world speedway champion this year . |
| 8 | Not only will I be dealing with some of your concerns through ‘ Vet 's Corner ’ , but I am taking them up with the very people who make the food — with some eye-opening results ! |
| 9 | When you are driving a racing car and you are taking it up to the limit , you can be nice , you can be charming , but somewhere there are undercurrents going for you that make you a pretty aggressive individual . ’ |