Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do people on holiday suddenly start taking up the kind of violent exercise they would n't even contemplate normally ? ’ sighed Jim . |
| 2 | I , I mean , I at the moment I 'm not doing anything about Neil 's training because we 've got coming and it 's it 's too soon to start stirring up the bud again . |
| 3 | Harvesting of clean white worm simply involves picking up the pebbles and dipping them in a small container of cold water . |
| 4 | What is behind the bishops ' and archdeacons ' reluctance even to consider breaking up the boundaries seems to be a desire to maintain a mixture of middle , high and low churches and not upset the balance . |
| 5 | ‘ I go to the Jobcentre and they do n't even bother opening up the files . |
| 6 | Joanna handed her the two syringes , then began fixing up the drip . |