Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were they paid just for tying the boats up or for bringing them up the estuary as well ? |
| 2 | Five minutes later Breeze was escorting him up the winding flagged path . |
| 3 | Yeah , she 's meeting her up the Tavern . |
| 4 | But I thought we wanted to keep this a low profile bungalow and that 's pushing it up the same as the other one in Grey Lane went up . |
| 5 | ‘ Talk about leading me up the garden path ! |
| 6 | For some reason he remembered old Doyle , the gardener , dead now for thirty years , leading him up the same pathway round to the back door and into the kitchen for the mid-morning cup of tea . |
| 7 | Initially they both showed signs of running a mile and denying all knowledge , but by cunningly playing on their male pride , their desire to believe they were ‘ a better man ’ than their rival , she made each one mad with jealousy of the other , and finally had her pick of which she preferred , leading him up the aisle of the Methodist Chapel well before the bulge began to show . |
| 8 | We was there all one Sunday with a trace-horse , pulling him up the common with his slaughter-cart : dead cows and that . |
| 9 | Sadly , most soccer sims just involve hoofing it up the pitch and loads of chasing aimlessly after the ball . |
| 10 | But if the flag is at all close to the top of the bank , look once again at getting the ball down on the ground as quickly as possible and running it up the bank . |
| 11 | Some years ago , shortly after I took up climbing , a more experienced Geordie acquaintance was taking me up the Barbican on Castle Rock , Thirlmere . |
| 12 | ‘ This morning I 'm taking you up the coast to my house overlooking the Sound , and if the weather stays as good as it is at the moment we 'll spend the afternoon on the beach at Hornbaek , which means we 'll go right past Kronberg — we can even stop off and take the tour if it appeals to you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , they be taking him up the churchyard to see if ‘ e likes it . ’ |
| 14 | The consultant has explained that Tourette 's Syndrome is a rare and unfortunate condition , and he should fucking well know about those , he 's right off the Christmas tree , probably spent half his life sucking strange men 's cocks or taking it up the arsehole in a public loo in the Charing Cross Road . |
| 15 | I cried out and then more waves came up over my face and … well , just coughing and Bert carrying me up the cliff . ’ |
| 16 | Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a chance to understand why women are not making it up the professional or corporate ladder , ’ Ms Gompels added , ‘ which does seem to be a waste of such a valuable resource . ’ |
| 18 | As I run I 'm computing the Mamba 's speed in that heavy black frock against my chances of making it up the north transept steps before he rounds the corner . |