Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [prep] [art] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | A fast stage-coach could now cover over a hundred miles in a single day , good roads and weather permitting , though comfort was not necessarily to be looked for and there was an outside chance of ending up with a foul-mouthed and drunken coachman for the length of the journey . |
2 | Children growing up in the 1950s and 1960s were fortunate enough to enjoy the Eagle comic every week . |
3 | All of the administrative systems developed on behalf of the modular course have been designed and tested in-house , beginning with a simple program for pre-enrolment information and student progress on a microcomputer in 1972 and leading up to the large and sophisticated management system described in Chapter 7 . |
4 | The staff and students are quickly getting to know each other and are shaping up into a hardworking and enthusiastic team . |
5 | Author Alan , who was with the unit throughout its operational career , has collected and researched a series of fascinating contributions from unit members building up to a comprehensive and highly readable work . |
6 | These were Wilson and Castle 's response to the ‘ unofficial strike problem ’ which had been building up over the '60s but had acquired particular prominence in 1968 with the publication of the Donovan Commission 's report . |
7 | Working on three floors at once we decided to we needed to continue work on the seventh floor before moving up to the eighth and so on to the ninth by the information given us in the er we calculated that the men that were to get onto the programme by the end of the week calculated the production rate for various gangs to see how fast so that 's how it was looking . |
8 | 1 People with anxiety disorders may have exaggerated , irrational beliefs concerning the consequences of facing up to the feared or difficult situation . |
9 | From her bedroom window she could see the mountain rising up in a steep and slippery slope above a deep quarry , which had once been worked for limestone but had long since fallen into disuse . |
10 | The EC dragged its feet before coming up with a reluctant and minimal proposal to reform farm trade . |
11 | Mm , what gets me is how Creda they 're gon na , they 're , they 're coming up in the pink and |
12 | Summing up on the first and second reasons , it is evident that the main objection to Article 86 legislation is that business does not relish the prospect of fines for abuse of monopoly power , because it would have to take competition policy more seriously in future . |
13 | Westmore James sat quietly in the dock during the summing up on the last but one day of his trial at Oxford Crown Court . |
14 | Ruth said , piping up like a bright and confident pupil , ‘ I asked the man . |