Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes that , one day , the goddess was dusting and picked up a ball of lint dropped by a blue humming-bird , placing it inside her apron . |
| 2 | they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do |
| 3 | Momentarily undecided as to whether to go on looking or to give up the chase there and then , her eyes lingered on the stranger 's face , and for a heart-beat , or less , his features blurred , and in their flux , caught as if by the sun off a wing in the stratosphere , she saw Gentle , his hair swept back from his high forehead , his grey eyes all yearning , his mouth , which she 'd not known she missed till now , ready to break into a smile . |
| 4 | ‘ We just started a band going and put up a notice looking for a female singer so Dolores turned up . ’ |
| 5 | The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun . |
| 6 | Maggie gave him a nudge as a rather flustered man pushed his way to the front of the people waiting and held up a placard — ‘ Señorita Howard ’ . |
| 7 | The usual stages of group work , leading , planning , implementing , evaluating and following up a group should be followed ( Preston-Shoot , 1987 ) . |
| 8 | I did n't really get my jollies hoeing and taking up the irrigation mats , putting them back and taking them up again . |
| 9 | ‘ There was no Albert Bridge then , ’ recalled Ben Bellaser , ‘ to span the river and ride over the ancient town with its oppressive grandeur , and the moon was rising and lighting up the shore and houses as they rose one over the other in terrace fashion against the dark blue starry sky ’ . |
| 10 | Now , as he watched him limping and staggering up the slope , it occurred to hint that he might actually be wounded in some way . |
| 11 | The sky was beginning to lighten to the east , streaks of day , as bright as magnesium flares , at the meeting point of sea and air set a fresh breeze stirring and whipped up a rhythm on the water 's surface . |
| 12 | The sun came and went , thunder clouds growling and swirling up the valley . |
| 13 | I felt my eyes closing and picked up the paper to hide behind . |
| 14 | However a hand drill can be a useful extra tool for making holes in locations remote from a power supply , or simply for a one-off drilling job in the workshop for which it is not worth unpacking and setting up a power tool . |
| 15 | The purpose of this module is to provide the opportunity to explore questions of having and bringing up a family , to develop knowledge and skills in being a parent in areas selected on the basis of each individual 's needs and interests , and to help people enjoy being parents . |
| 16 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |
| 17 | This is the spin-out 's second of three products for compressing , encrypting and speeding up the Unix file system . |
| 18 | Bending and whipping up the wicker basket full of odd garments , Aggie nodded hastily towards the girl , saying , ‘ Ta , lass . |
| 19 | Saved by a piano falling and holding up a beam , thank God . ’ |
| 20 | I assumed the Maggot was delivering or picking up a customer , but it was none of my business , so I stripped down to my shorts and began work as Thessy , his brother Philemon and their father took a battered wooden skiff across the lagoon . |
| 21 | Before mounting and wiring up the panel l.e.d.s , a bit of preparation is needed if the finished job is going to look neat and presentable . |