Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [be] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what would The Inspirals T-shirt slogan be to sum up the current attitude ? |
| 2 | If it is upsetting to think that the education system now denies many children that voyage of discovery which begins on the muddy playing field , it is encouraging to learn that sport at club level is taking up the strain . |
| 3 | The noise of the car engine was carried up the the pipe and Mrs Jones was woken in the early hours of the morning . |
| 4 | An enemy flare was lighting up the sky at the other end of the village , probably over No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 5 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
| 6 | THOSE who insisted that the Queen pay income tax were barking up the wrong tree . |
| 7 | This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight . |
| 8 | It appears that the German Infantry facing the Marines has surrendered , and now No. 4 Commando Brigade are following up the retreating Germans . |
| 9 | The parish schoolmasters are to make up the lists , and I am sure they will oblige . |
| 10 | POLICE in County Durham are stepping up the fight against crime after a wide ranging shake-up in senior personnel . |
| 11 | It might be very hard for Ireland to get five on the team , but the way things are shaping up the selectors will probably not care where the players come from . |
| 12 | Meanwhile he began to suspect that the Shipping Federation was buying up the union 's debts . |
| 13 | The declared aim of such finance pirates is to break up the giants , and sell them off bit by bit . |
| 14 | In general the effect of the Commission 's inflated purchasing ability was to drive up the price of land in the borders . |
| 15 | By this time Marty was scrambling up the ladder , and in our relief we were convulsed with laughter . |