Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you know having said that they are there for a reason and the reason they are there for is is if the group did n't have somebody to pull them back down again then they 'd might be going off in all different directions doing all these wonderful things and ending up nowhere because you have n't had somebody who pulls them back and says well hold on a minute . |
| 2 | Staff were mopping up today as Mr Alton held his usual surgery . |
| 3 | Patrick was climbing up there when he heard his name called . |
| 4 | Argyle and Henderson ( 1985 ) , reviewing evidence about contact between siblings , suggest that this follows a U-shape , being high in childhood and teenage years , falling off in the middle of adult life , and then picking up again as the siblings move into old age . |
| 5 | 56-56 Spencer , and came right towards me looking at the ground , then looking up quick as he must have sensed me . |
| 6 | To see Dustin Hoffman playing his own song on the piano , and looking up adoringly as Sting sang — well , you do n't get many moments like that . |
| 7 | Turning up here as and when it suited him . |
| 8 | We do n't want it turning up just when — ’ |
| 9 | Clare was fired for turning up late after she had to wait for a doctor because Josh had a temperature . |
| 10 | Er anyhow th th the , the eventual thing was maybe her blood pressure was going up higher than it should and maybe whether the cumulative stress of having a husband off in my state , maybe |
| 11 | We saw on Monday , factory gate prices going up less than people expected , today , prices in the shops going up less than people expected . |
| 12 | We saw on Monday , factory gate prices going up less than people expected , today , prices in the shops going up less than people expected . |
| 13 | In times of high inflation when prices are going up faster than you can save , it can be cheaper to pay interest charges than a higher price later on . |
| 14 | K being positive , it means that prices are going up faster than inflation . |
| 15 | I am thinking of selling up even before I have started . |
| 16 | In short a process of levelling up rather than the levelling down anticipated by many critics of comprehensive provision . |
| 17 | It is , on the whole , more likely that they are responding to the cumulative temperature building up slowly until a threshold has been passed , and they are away . |
| 18 | SOUTH AFRICA is calling up more than 20,000 mainly white army reservists to stamp out violence threatening its transition to democracy and to protect civilians from marauding gunmen . |
| 19 | He liked a steady business , moving up rather than down , operating in not too competitive a climate , and able as a result to maintain a paternal relationship with the workpeople . |
| 20 | It left at half past seven , which meant getting up soon after half past six , and the journey took about an hour . |
| 21 | It 's getting up there as well lo , you know I have n't got the strength and energy to walk there , I do n't think . |
| 22 | Bearing this number in mind , you decide how many tokens your child will have to pay for a list ( something like a menu ) of rewards you have constructed , such as choosing a favourite pudding , staying up later than usual , a box of crayons or a special outing . |
| 23 | Sew a little loop of elastic inside the cuff of her sweater , which can be looped over a thumb to stop the sleeves bunching up uncomfortably when she puts her coat on . |
| 24 | People like myself , would n't have had the bottle , would n't have dreamed of coming up here if it had n't been for the good work of people like Mike and Harry , who in my opinion do a superb job in training me , you , all of us in this union . |
| 25 | Right ah can we connect again with a couple of people we we coming up there if anybody out there er is a fan of Mary Whitehouse 's as I am give me a call and you know you know who I 'm talking to ring now . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to seeing you , ’ he said , coming up close so I could smell him . |
| 27 | She was giving up anyway when the baby came , so she might as well go a little early . ’ |
| 28 | He took no part in the digging but squatted on the edge of the ditch , fidgeting backwards and forwards , sometimes nibbling and then starting up suddenly as though he could hear some sound in the wood . |
| 29 | Leonora jumped out , stood looking up at the house for a few moments more , then ran up the steps to ring the doorbell , laughter bubbling up inside as she anticipated Penry 's surprise at the sight of her . |
| 30 | stocking up again because they thought they 'd have to go in |