Example sentences of "be [verb] up the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say they just going for a walk , yeah , and you come across this , say this young kid has been climbing up the trees and hurt his leg , you 're the only person around , so you , you 've got to get help yeah , cos he 's losing a lot of blood , but you 've got to stop his blood same time as you 've got to get help , yeah , so what 's the priority , you just stay |
| 2 | The feelings that are carried up the aisle or into the registry office are presumably countless . |
| 3 | but we thought well we 're going up the grave and it 's not exactly out the way so we thought we 'd pop in . |
| 4 | Today you 're ripping up the cobblestones and storming the Bastille to stop the fur trade . |
| 5 | They 're buildin' up the trade an' Carrie 's got plans . |
| 6 | They 're chewing up the lawn but Carl there 's nowhere else to put them at the moment . |
| 7 | That 's why these computerized route-finders are going up the spout and taking the Glories towards Monument Hill . |
| 8 | The Project 's approach has been to build up the confidence and self-awareness of different groups to a stage where contact and co-operation among them will be facilitated . |
| 9 | However , it is an irony , that may referees are blowing up the ruck and maul situation much earlier than before , with the consequence of a plethora of scrummages which is killing the flow of play , and presumably increasing the chances of injury . |
| 10 | I do n't know much about most things , but I do know whether people will be going up the Alps or not . ’ |
| 11 | As the plant grows the band can be slid up the canes or , as the plant grows wider , both canes and band removed and repositioned . |
| 12 | They can often be blind to the fact that the good child may be stirring up the problem and letting the naughty one get the blame . |
| 13 | Litter Pick On Saturday 3rd April we will be tidying up the roads and open spaces around the village . |
| 14 | IT MAY be creeping up the ratings but as far as Britain 's teenagers are concerned , Eldorado is the pits . |
| 15 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 16 | But with the number of claims soaring , insurers now reckon they are losing money — so they are tightening up the rules or backing out altogether . |
| 17 | The company policy had been to speed up the line and the rate of production . |
| 18 | There has been strong speculation that Pepsi Cola are putting up the money but David Murray , Rangers ' owner and chairman who bought the club exactly a year ago yesterday , is giving nothing away . |
| 19 | I do n't know how this happened , but er erm a piece of wood or something fell and hit him on the back of the neck and woke him up and he woke up from the vivid dream of being at the time of the French Revolution , of being lead up the guillotine and having his head chopped off . |
| 20 | In the ensuing mêlée , McLaren , Reid and others of the Pistols camp were dragged up the gangplank and into the waiting police vans . |
| 21 | The rumour was that they were to give up the siege and have their contracts revoked before Christmas . |
| 22 | If she were to climb up the hillock and semaphore with her flags the signals would be clearly outlined against the sky . |
| 23 | Most watches become false alarms ; nevertheless , they were buttoning up the collection and making sure that every completed aircraft was hangared . |
| 24 | There is no tort or crime , as there would be if the police were to beat up the suspect or wrongly apprehend him or her in the first place . |
| 25 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |
| 26 | There is one basic thing that they need to do , they or their parents , that is pick up the telephone and ring a contact , that 's all they have to do because within here there are people ready to receive those er t telephone enquiries and get the youngsters on the water . |
| 27 | What follows thereafter is building up the knowledge and experience of all those things that will enable us to identify , plan and implement improvements to our business . |
| 28 | ‘ It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go , ’ he declares uncompromisingly . |
| 29 | It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go |
| 30 | However , he is climbing up the weights and may find this trip a shade on the short side . |