Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [v-ing] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Swindon are bouncing up the table into third now . |
| 2 | Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder . |
| 3 | NEC IS starting up the world 's first production line for 16 megabit chips in its Sagamihara factory , reports Ken Takahashi of Newsbytes . |
| 4 | Milton Keynes is picking up the pieces and pleased that at least no one lost a life . |
| 5 | David was walking up the garden path , half an hour earlier than expected . |
| 6 | Folkestone was a pocket borough of the Rothschilds , Southend was falling under the control of the Guinness family , Plymouth was learning to love the Astors , and Samuel Roberts was building up the influence in Sheffield that was to provide a seat for his family until 1966 . |
| 7 | Bourne was scooping up the soup of the day with precise , efficient movements — never a drop spilled , never a slurp . |
| 8 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 9 | POLICE in County Durham are stepping up the fight against crime after a wide ranging shake-up in senior personnel . |
| 10 | Tommy 's picking up the gun from the living room floor . |
| 11 | The US is buying up the salmon fishing rights of Greenland 's fishing industry in an attempt to restore the salmon population of its own rivers . |
| 12 | As Clinton was taking up the reins of power , a disconsolate President Bush flew back to Washington to make arrangements for the handover . |
| 13 | And more often than not , while Mansell was chalking up the victories and lapping up the accolades , Damon was reduced to the role of spectator . |
| 14 | Nick Frazer was locking up the shop when she came along at one . |
| 15 | Inside , Keith was propping up the bar and waving a £5 note at the landlady . |
| 16 | BARLASTON chef Mark Williamson is turning up the heat on his marathon training programme . |
| 17 | Euro MP Stephen Hughes is taking up the case of lorry driver Bob Elder , 47 , of South View , Tantobie , Stanley , who faces financial ruin because his truck has been impounded after he was involved in a fatal accident in Italy . |
| 18 | Mark Bottomley is picking up the pieces of his life after being beaten around the head with a piece of scaffolding . |
| 19 | On Sunday cos they were going soon and erm James was clearing up the garden you see I 've go , I ca n't I I can see gable |