Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | America , having no domestic jet development programme to match either of these two aircraft , was struggling just to keep up with large French and British orders of existing fighters and light bombers let alone worry about ‘ jets ’ . |
| 2 | Vendelin Gajdusek flicked one last look at her , leaving her with no idea whether he approved or disapproved , and , pausing only to pick up the dog 's lead , he went to the kitchen door with her . |
| 3 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 4 | During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground . |
| 5 | The Corporal stood and glared at me as I very swiftly made my exit through the door , pausing briefly to pick up my rucksack and bagpipe box . |
| 6 | Deciding now to take up the practice of law again , Herbert thought that the best opening would be to build up a country practice . |
| 7 | Er it ought not to have done in so far that er we were we were we were we were moving , we were going forward to take up positions on er on the river , er and this was being done on the understanding that er a certain bridge had been destroyed , er and it had n't been destroyed er and they were and they were they were already across you see . |
| 8 | Harry is supposed to be coming home to take up his inheritance of the family estate , but the emotional pressures of his family force him to escape instead to become a medical missionary . |
| 9 | Yet once again yesterday England 's spinners were largely ineffective — with slow left-armer Phil Tufnell failing again to live up to his pre-tour billing as the tourists most likely match winner . |
| 10 | Yet again yesterday England 's spinners were largely ineffective , with slow left-armer Phil Tufnell failing again to live up to his pre-tour billing as the tourists most likely match-winner . |
| 11 | Because of this , it can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power , stopping only to pick up a new coal pack . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , Sophie 's got a slight chip off her front tooth , ’ the other girl said , reaching forward to pull up her twin 's lip . |
| 13 | We 're goin' there to pick up some of your clothes . ’ |
| 14 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 15 | Mr West , who works in Catterick , will be leaving soon to take up his new post . |
| 16 | One is a track side scene : five white runners and two black limbering up , shrugging shoulders , stretching legs and trying desperately to loosen up in an intensifying ambience ; sitting on the grass some way away from the main group is a black guy awaiting his call to marks ; while the others shuffle about nervously , he remains casually sitting , seemingly unoccupied with the imminent race as he nonchalantly sharpens the spikes of his running shoes with a nail file . |
| 17 | If you are trying desperately to cover up your body , this will reflect not only in the way you dress but how you move . |
| 18 | When he gets up to leave me he pats my shoulder , and you 'd think he was leaving early to boil up our late-night cocoa . |
| 19 | I barge through the crowd of 'orrible mums , snotty kids and prams that always litter up the gate , and rush across the road , Mrs Moggs , the crossing lady , trying hard to keep up with me on her fat little legs . |
| 20 | She was trying hard to catch up with this new revelation , and it obviously was n't easy ; her expression more or less steady , it was mainly her eyes that betrayed the complex reprocessing of ideas that was taking place within . |
| 21 | Now and then people appeared on the banks to wash , squatting on their haunches , leaning forward to scoop up handfuls of water . |
| 22 | Translators are working hard to keep up with the demand . |
| 23 | The scouts were also working hard to keep up with the many breakfasts they cooked that morning . |