Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are serums to smooth , sprays to add bounce and spritz 's to enhance shine and because sets are such big news this season , new products are springing up every day ! |
| 2 | A short silence my breath is held , my ears are picking up every creak and rustle — then : ‘ Ouch ! |
| 3 | However , it is an irony , that may referees are blowing up the ruck and maul situation much earlier than before , with the consequence of a plethora of scrummages which is killing the flow of play , and presumably increasing the chances of injury . |
| 4 | Fran Bennett , CPAG director , suggests both major parties are softening up the public for more means-testing and fewer rights to universal benefits . |
| 5 | In the kinds of society in which most of my readers were brought up the coding of behaviour presupposes a sharp division between what goes on within the household and transactions which link the household to the rest of society . |
| 6 | German flares were lighting up the sky behind me as I hurried along the road , keeping close to the houses and in their shadows as much as possible . |
| 7 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 8 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 9 | A sample of 50 schools was drawn up the Statistics Division of SOED ( one in eight of all Scottish secondaries ) giving broad representation of Scottish secondaries in general , in terms of size , geographic location , denominational status and percentages of pupils entitled to free school meals . |
| 10 | Employee criticisms and concerns are passed up the line to department and directorate management . |
| 11 | Well , she says that the boatmen and wharfers are drawing up a petition which they would like you to look at . |
| 12 | She also cites evidence from school inspectors which says that in almost 40 per cent of primary schools parents were topping up the capitation allowance for books and equipment by more than 30 per cent . |
| 13 | A dispute with Telecom engineers is holding up the company 's first link in London , and Mercury 's first inter-city line — which should have been operating by now — will not open until next year . |
| 14 | When these ideas are taken up the employees receive bonuses of one kind or another . |
| 15 | Customs are drawing up a paper to assist the Commission , in consultation with the Royal Yachting Association , the British Marine Industries Federation and others . |
| 16 | The plants are trained up a string which is zig-zagged up and down to train it in one place . |
| 17 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 18 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 19 | That 's why these computerized route-finders are going up the spout and taking the Glories towards Monument Hill . |
| 20 | Now M-Ps and trade unionists are setting up a campaign group to lobby on his behalf , and the thousands like him who 've lost out . |
| 21 | Things are looking up a bit at the moment . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
| 24 | I thought things were hotting up a bit there . ’ |
| 25 | By 1986 things were hotting up a bit . |
| 26 | The whole trust of the reforms is to break up the N H S piece by piece . |
| 27 | The parish schoolmasters are to make up the lists , and I am sure they will oblige . |
| 28 | We broke up after I met her mother , who walked into the room in which I was sitting , only to find me oblivious , shouting obscenities at a television screen whereon computerised pirates were digging up a desert island at my joystick 's behest . |
| 29 | On the beach , the pirates were breaking up the captain 's little boat with axes . |
| 30 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |