Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 2 | As Hennessy was opening up the grey lockers at the end of the room , Donaldson spelt Bobo again . |
| 3 | Carmen Callil is to take up the new role of Publisher at Large of the Random House Group , continuing to work in particular with Chatto & Windus in London and Random House Australia , and she will assume the additional role of Editor at Large for the Knopf Publishing Group in the US ( Vintage , Pantheon and Alfred A Knopf ) . |
| 4 | PAUL McGRATH is lining up the ultimate act of revenge against former boss Alex Ferguson — by snatching the title away from the Manchester United manager . |
| 5 | But their best opportunity for independence came , and went , soon after the first world war , when Britain and France were carving up the defunct Ottoman empire . |
| 6 | To promote their interests , and to provide a forum for the expression of opinions , the RMC 's set up the Regional Management Centres Association ( RMCS ) in the mid-1970s . |
| 7 | The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office . |