Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [vb infin] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Logger 's helping them tighten up even more . |
| 2 | As far as I 'm concerned , the residents come first ; and I expect every member of staff to understand that , right through from helping them get up in the morning to taking someone off to bingo if she wants to go . |
| 3 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 4 | David 's been helping me set up the I 've , I 've just bought myself a three eight six . |
| 5 | ‘ This afternoon 's coverage should go a long way in helping you set up your own firm , ’ he said , wiping his hands on a serviette . |
| 6 | Was the help , helping you pick up body language there ? |
| 7 | It is not very clever to spray and fight off enemies from the front door , while letting them take up residence outside a wide open back door . |
| 8 | Not much danger of his Commander letting him slip up on that , he thought drily . |
| 9 | They certainly should not have been letting him curl up on the floor next to Badger . |
| 10 | In September of that year , he had taken a high line with Henry VIII , letting him trundle up to York only to gaze north at an empty road , for James , probably at the persuasion of his council , failed to keep his appointment with the English king . |
| 11 | ‘ With the fear of God in us , we played passionately in the second half and ran out 3-2 winners , so Cloughie 's unpredictability in letting us stay up late on the Friday night was vindicated . ’ |
| 12 | Scrollers influenced by a sinusoid , making them swing up and down your screen . |
| 13 | She runs her hands up my legs to my buttocks again , sliding her fingers between my cheeks , touching my anus and making me go up on the balls of my feet , then her hand runs back down my legs . |
| 14 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |
| 15 | However , after haranguing us and making me mop up his uniform , the outraged policeman indicated a couple of wash-basins . |
| 16 | As I chew and chew without swallowing , the Monster 's slobbering and sucky-grunting falls silent making me look up in alarm . |
| 17 | As the President said the C E C are asking you to support four one O , four one three er with the qualification I 'll give you later four one four and four one five and er just thank you Linda for making me write up all the notes about that resolution and pulling out at the last minute . |
| 18 | It washes over your head without making you sit up and take notice . |
| 19 | She stood abruptly , making him look up at her , surprised . |
| 20 | He tied two broomsticks to Da Silva 's arms and stuck one down his back , making him march up and down the corridor again and again , repeating ‘ I am a cripple ’ . |
| 21 | For this scene , Rob Bottin used the following : a false floor ; a three-section fibreglass model of his hand , able to be blown apart by compressed air , for safety ; a polyfoam right arm attached with velcro ; a full torso and head puppet , minus the right arm , but with an explosive charge , since it replaced Weller in shot , and with a mechanism for making it sit up . |
| 22 | ‘ I was quite worried about making it hold up on the screen for two-and-a-half hours and it gave me pause . |
| 23 | This is a sure way of making it pop up again repeatedly , either in the meeting or elsewhere . |
| 24 | Stannard also works impressively hard , though far less convincingly , at making us dig up some sympathy with the private agony of Waugh . |
| 25 | Seen in this way , it is clear that fairy tales play a significant part in helping us grow up — and that they are able to do this because they MAKING A SHORT STORY 57 introduce us to ideas about change , conflict and coming-to-maturity through the medium of make-believe . |
| 26 | Then he began to sink , passing slowly through the deck , feeling it slide up through his body . |