Example sentences of "[v-ing] up another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'd 've let me know , ’ he said , picking up another splinter of pheasant . |
| 2 | We are drawing up another list which includes ICL and Sun . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Is n't that great ? ’ said Patrick , drawing up another chair and sitting down . |
| 4 | I think she 's on the point of kicking up another fuss , when one of the Hospitality team slips in with cakes and glasses of lemon tea . |
| 5 | Two weeks ago he was in London , staying in Belgravia and sewing up another deal . |
| 6 | going bankrupt and then starting up another company in another name |
| 7 | They took the NoS way out by setting up another committee — the product development committee — to keep Sutton in line . |
| 8 | When this incident occurred he 'd been working on a project in Harlow in Essex setting up another system . |
| 9 | She had suggested that they look at Van Gogh together , setting up another form of repetition , deliberate , contrived and aesthetic . |
| 10 | A brilliant officer with more than twenty commendations , he had grown to believe he was omnipotent ; and when Mathews refused to tell him the names of his accomplices , saying it was more than his life was worth , Drury , obsessed with clearing up another case , offered him a deal : make a statement that three men whose names I will give you were your accomplices , testify against them in the witness-box , and in return no charges will be brought against you , and we 'll come to an arrangement about the reward money offered by the Post Office . |
| 11 | Sipping a gin and tonic and lighting up another Camel cigarette , he says : ‘ It 's almost impossible to find a decent barman in England . |