Example sentences of "[coord] be [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Eggs escape under the bursa of the male and are carried up the trachea in the excess mucus produced in response to infection : they are then swallowed and passed in the faeces . |
2 | The trio scored 6/6 between them in rounds seven and eight and are carving up the rest of the field , none of whom has more than 50 per cent . |
3 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
4 | At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail . |
5 | He 's finalising the documentation for a private bid , and is putting up the cash himself … |
6 | She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming . |
7 | He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone . |
8 | He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him . |
9 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
10 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |