Example sentences of "[v-ing] up on the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born Alfredo James Pacino he is still haunted by memories of growing up on the mean streets of New York 's South Bronx where his street gang pals called him The Actor . |
| 2 | Through the wide-open window floated the lightest of breezes , tangy with the scent of wild herbs growing up on the rugged hills behind the town . |
| 3 | So this must be where Marc plots his business deals , she thought , trying not to show too much curiosity about the details flashing up on the several screens against the wall . |
| 4 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 5 | By 2000 it will have passed both France and Britain , and will be nosing up on the real geriatrics , Germany and Sweden . |
| 6 | and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse … |
| 7 | The snowflakes were caking up on the dried grasses and ferns on either bank . |