Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ She appears when I am alone clearing up the bar . |
| 2 | In compulsory competitive tendering the Government are merely bringing up the rear and ensuring that local authorities that have not yet taken advantage of those techniques are brought up to the level of the best . |
| 3 | At the moment I am just making up the numbers . |
| 4 | His eyes are already lining up the entry point as he begins to ease off the front brake and apply handlebar and footrest pressure to steer the bike . |
| 5 | I am concerned that many young people with learning difficulties are not taking up the assessment offered in their final year of education . |
| 6 | Perhaps you 're not picking up the tone . |
| 7 | As long as you 're not going up the village |
| 8 | we get on the train at , most of them get on at Elstree luckily so what we do is we open the doors and they 're always crowding up the bit where the door is and they say excuse me may I get on please ? |
| 9 | That shows that you 're actually picking up the sound . |
| 10 | Regulators are busily clearing up the mess . |
| 11 | You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later . |
| 12 | I 'm glad I , I 'm not going up the chimney ! |
| 13 | ‘ How quick and how right you are ; we could deal very well together — you 'll find I am a generous lover , as long as you understand I 'm not walking up the aisle with you , or any other woman . ’ |
| 14 | But I 'm not giving up the day job — yet . |
| 15 | Do n't let this dishearten you , the little greenies are there to soak up the enemy 's attention after all . |
| 16 | So though these remarks are addressed to beginners , I believe that some of the formal ideas could well be considered anew by the great number of talented young composers who are either clambering up the rungs of the ladder of fame or jostling for a foothold . |
| 17 | I do not want to make too much of them , but there are bogus applications and they are completely clogging up the system . |
| 18 | Pentland — who are currently propping up the bottom of the men 's first division table without a win — have called for a bigger , more competitive league next season . |