Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though they are no longer working or bringing up children , their time is as precious to them as ours is to us . |
| 2 | Next I had to run errands and to do various little jobs like drawing a pint of vinegar from a big barrel in the warehouse or sawing up blocks of salt with a special saw into a prescribed thickness , ready to be packed in brown paper . |
| 3 | My birdwatching vigils lasted for hours : spying on swallows and swifts as they flitted over the lake , scooping up water or snapping up insects . |
| 4 | She helped him with chores , gathering branches or rounding up cattle , or just stayed to keep him company while he worked . |
| 5 | He had forgotten all about arranging for a taxi to pick him up or looking up bus times or anything like that . |
| 6 | These are more complex isolated actions performed by only one part of the body , such as bending a knee , bringing one hand to the mouth , or using the fingers individually as in pointing , or picking up objects . |
| 7 | So-called ‘ gun ’ microphones are well-known tools for bugging distant conversations or picking up sound from a point source in a crowded room or studio . |
| 8 | Hungover traders spent most of the day creaming off profits on earlier high-risers , or hoovering up stocks that had got left behind . |
| 9 | In between they were too busy enjoying themselves on the beach at Barmouth , or down by the lake or clambering up Snowdon . |
| 10 | Constable Perkins was torn between keeping an eye on the scene of the crime — and perhaps making a brilliant arrest — or calling up reinforcements . |
| 11 | In the past 5 years , while making arrests or breaking up fights , he 's suffered a broken nose , a fractured collarbone and a serious back injury . |
| 12 | Intasun and Horizon are taking backward integration even further by not only operating their own airlines but also developing or buying up hotels and holiday centres in the Mediterranean area . |
| 13 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |
| 14 | or grubbing up fern roots with her beak . |
| 15 | Provide her with drills , preferably on tape , to which she can listen while feeding the baby or cutting up vegetables . |
| 16 | Most can still afford a new potato peeler or washing up bowl if someone bothers to deliver them . |
| 17 | The fourth factor is that there 's really no point in giving people orders or making up policies or decisions unless the people who receive the orders have the resources to carry them out . |
| 18 | Yet there is more which the Government could do without too great an increase in public borrowing or putting up taxes . |
| 19 | This will involve either freezing income tax allowances or putting up VAT . |
| 20 | And that ma of course erm posed problems for people just getting married or setting up home or people who had lost their homes due to bombing . |
| 21 | I am pleased also to announce a total of more than £6.5 million industrial investment by a further four companies , either expanding , modernising or setting up operations in Wales . |
| 22 | And a Scottish Partner Centre has also been set up to attract companies that are interested in either expanding or setting up headquarters in the region . |
| 23 | Students were expected to be ‘ hardworking and thrifty ’ , only earning small amounts to help meet their study expenses or setting up shops to improve business practice and skills . |
| 24 | Tomorrow night on Central News South we meet the Rover Group 's man in America , Graham Morris , and there 's new about what might lie in store for British people thinking of emigrating or setting up business in this . |
| 25 | It is not always easy to directly compare the interest rates between different lenders because of differences in the way the charges are calculated — a good guide is the APR rather than the basic rate — and always bear in mind the possible arrangement or setting up fees ! |
| 26 | At this stage make a note of any necessary further action such as recalling the candidate for a second interview , or following up references . |
| 27 | When we worked it out as an average that the sheer monitoring and chasing quotes or following up quotes erm and just preparing the documentation , we were n't convinced that was the case at all . |
| 28 | The old bullying manner is completely gone ; we now find a persuasive , informal atmosphere , supported by illustrations which reflect the text in their message that bringing up babies is hair-raising , maybe , but lots of fun for everyone — just as the clinical photographs and chaste drawings of the old baby books reflect their atmosphere of stern duty . |
| 29 | They had retired from work within a year of each other and were looking forward to spending time together doing many of the things that bringing up children and working had so far prevented . |
| 30 | Here 's news for parents who find that bringing up children is more tricky than they thought . |