Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [v-ing] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are tantalising descriptions of buildings now demolished — ‘ a wonderful high ceiling in the banking hall going up the equivalent of two storeys ’ — plus accounts of lunchtimes and commuting . |
| 2 | It was Christmas week ( whether this time of the year had any significance or not can not be explained ) and Mr Hayden was in the staff mess room writing up the log book . |
| 3 | Now with her piggy back heart shinning up the climbing frame is childs play . |
| 4 | You will see a dialog box counting up the number of matches , before you are returned to the original display showing files at the left , and details at the right . |
| 5 | It was a great thing the other day when I saw the combine harvester coming up the glen . |
| 6 | Natural selection was a process taking place within the whole breeding population making up the species , and if a division were to occur , the single original population must somehow be split into several distinct subpopulations that did not interbreed . |
| 7 | Sighing , Rain remembered the story of the gas board digging up the cable at Spinney Green . |
| 8 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |
| 9 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |