Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] up as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tabloid papers , which make their money from guessing the prejudices of their readers and dressing them up as informed opinion , had a field day . |
| 2 | The bear began picking itself up as the train came into St John 's Wood . |
| 3 | He did n't even notice the tannoy , he was already as tired as I was and he could barely stand ; I had to keep waking him up as he was swaying . |
| 4 | Find the area of the following shapes by splitting them up as shown above . |
| 5 | From point-blank range the first bullet hit him in the stomach , doubling him up as it punched a hole just to the left of his navel , ploughing through intestines before lodging close to his spine . |
| 6 | When you are able to do this with the major scales , try the various minors , modes and arpeggios , mixing them up as they might occur in a chord progression . |
| 7 | She took to living in her swimsuit , a colourful sarong tied at her hips , long black hair streaming loose and silken down her slender back , and Damian would watch her with intent eyes as she moved around the house , his eyes eating her up as she grew more and more sensual , her inhibitions almost completely erased by his lovemaking . |
| 8 | I send my secretary there an SOS and she spends a day clearing up and dumping my old files , generally tidying me up as well . |
| 9 | There are only minor things erm , Chris suggested changes to the procedures , just tidying them up as we might have expected at this stage really erm . |
| 10 | there 's my son showing me up as usual |
| 11 | Ms Dimpfel says almost all the major hardware manufacturers are getting copies of the beta Workplace OS and that IBM is garnering a lot of interest from those that have built their businesses on proprietary , vertical-market operating systems and are interested in putting them up as personalities on a microkernel — such as Workplace OS — that could gain wide industry support . |
| 12 | Ms Dimpfel says almost all the major hardware manufacturers are getting copies of the beta Workplace OS and that IBM is garnering a lot of interest from those that have built their businesses on proprietary , vertical-market operating systems and are interested in putting them up as personalities on a microkernel — such as Workplace OS — that could gain wide industry support . |
| 13 | I was making it up as I went along . |
| 14 | The band was tight , but everyone else had seemed to be making it up as they went along . |
| 15 | She was aware that she was making it up as she went along but she certainly did n't want to repeat what Richie had actually said . |
| 16 | It is best to prepare the system before starting to draft , rather than making it up as sub-divisions arise during the drafting . |
| 17 | Just making it up as we went along . |
| 18 | In fact , she takes a wicked delight in setting me up as she explains the album title . |
| 19 | He contemplated her from beneath lowered eyelids , his head tilted a little to one side , summing her up as though her mind was an open book to him . |
| 20 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 21 | Or maybe they have forgotten that they are involved in a relationship , and that the consequence of setting themselves up as ‘ professionals ’ automatically cast us in the role of ‘ client ’ . |
| 22 | Vivienne — with Bernie backing her up as Malcolm was in the States , having extended his visit after striking up a rapport with The New York Dolls at the time — talked me into doing it . |