Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Fran Bennett , CPAG director , suggests both major parties are softening up the public for more means-testing and fewer rights to universal benefits . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 6 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Employee criticisms and concerns are passed up the line to department and directorate management . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When these ideas are taken up the employees receive bonuses of one kind or another . |
| 12 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 13 | That 's why these computerized route-finders are going up the spout and taking the Glories towards Monument Hill . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The whole trust of the reforms is to break up the N H S piece by piece . |
| 17 | The parish schoolmasters are to make up the lists , and I am sure they will oblige . |
| 18 | On the beach , the pirates were breaking up the captain 's little boat with axes . |
| 19 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |
| 20 | A trio of skinheads were coming up the pavement , and some kids on bikes came by , saw them and started to circle back . |
| 21 | The declared aim of such finance pirates is to break up the giants , and sell them off bit by bit . |
| 22 | While the mechanics were setting up the cars , she thought she 'd go outside into one of the empty stands to try to find a breath of wind , anything rather than standing in the back of the pits in the high humidity which made her skin glow . |
| 23 | For almost twenty years after that various proposals were run up the flagpole , mostly to unsaluting generals . |
| 24 | De Burgh is speaking us very fairly and friendly , but both his hands are gathering up the borders round us . |
| 25 | ‘ The police are coming up the valley , Mr President , ’ he warned , as a hint to him that he should tidy himself . |
| 26 | So the war came at last , at exactly 6.35:24 pm on January 16 , 1991 , when Peter Jennings interrupted a canned piece to announce that explosions and flashes were breaking up the Baghdad night . |
| 27 | There is no tort or crime , as there would be if the police were to beat up the suspect or wrongly apprehend him or her in the first place . |
| 28 | This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight . |
| 29 | ‘ Our success in events like the Curtis Cup , and the development of the pro circuit , have all helped to create greater interest and more women are taking up the game . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But when we reached St Christoph the clouds were retreating up the mountainsides . |