Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These included speeding up the confinement of government troops and agreeing to an election timetable . |
| 2 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 3 | In the pauses , I tried totting up the words Vern had spoken since we 'd arrived . |
| 4 | This involved costing up the advantages and disadvantages of each of the proposed courses of action and selecting the preferred option on the basis of the balance of each calculation . |
| 5 | This involved looking up the ailments common to exotic animals in order to be prepared for any searching questions by the proprietor . |
| 6 | The Emperor is supposed to have considered giving up the Province , and Seneca , who , as one of his advisers was well informed , is said to have been calling in his , or the Imperial , loans . |
| 7 | He sat still and his words seemed to come crawling up the sunlight , over the grass . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll give 'im a bleedin' thick earole in a minute , ’ Otley would mutter rolling up the sleeves of his frilly , dancing shirt . |
| 9 | We have been offered a pot-pourri of amendments — some favour London , some favour London and the south-east and others suggest carving up the country into all sorts of different regions . |
| 10 | Harvesting of clean white worm simply involves picking up the pebbles and dipping them in a small container of cold water . |
| 11 | After the cab had departed he 'd returned to the body search ; a couple of rough-looking kids came sneaking up the alley for purposes unknown , but a long , low growl from the shadows sent them running . |
| 12 | Parties have been seen flying up the Channel , presumably on migration , twice in April ( 4th , 1961 , and 7th , 1969 ) , and once in March ( 30th , 1971 ) . |
| 13 | At 12.45pm , a profusely apologetic Mrs Yeltsin arrived in a black Daimler car as Mrs Major came scurrying up the hotel steps to meet her . |
| 14 | We were just watching 4 What It 's Worth about all those people who go on holiday to the sunny Mediterranean , having booked a sea view , and come back with gastroenteritis from living over the dustbins and now want their money back , when Elinor came running up the garden path closely followed by Nigel . |
| 15 | We did n't finish tidying up the dining hall until quarter past one . |
| 16 | Connon came trotting up the pavement towards her . |
| 17 | And a cinnamon and blue nuthatch had been seen creeping up the trunk of a tree towards its mud-patched nesting hole , giving one lad a splendid chance to try out his new birthday present telescope . |
| 18 | His immediate staff were a Production Designer , responsible both for sets and prop building , and a Technical Manager to oversee setting up the studio equipment . |
| 19 | The latter phrase , used in the 1991 act setting up the agency , enshrines the word " sustainable " in UK legislation for the first time . |
| 20 | ‘ Bounced out as soon as she heard me call you and came scrabbling up the slope . |
| 21 | As they walked round to the back door , Ben , Simon 's dog , came lolloping up the beach , charged at Marie with a stick in his mouth and laid it down carefully at her feet . |
| 22 | Snow and slush messing up the pavements . |
| 23 | I know I must finish clearing up the lawn , but , before doing so , I decide to telephone Auntie to come over on her bike even though I know it will take her an hour to get here from Hambledown . |
| 24 | Fawley power station , which supplies electricity to the National Grid , operated at reduced capacity to avoid sucking up the oil in its water cooling system . |
| 25 | Dumb Why do you like picking up the telephone so much ? |
| 26 | Plans to avoid picking up the pieces |
| 27 | The sentries begin waking up the patrol base . |
| 28 | This includes breaking up the worm clumps by agitation with a stick and then thoroughly washing the worms under a slow-flowing tap for at least five minutes . |
| 29 | They are shown moving up the figure and their RNR increases . |
| 30 | Anyone who fancies taking up the challenge should contact Jim McCartney at Precision Studios . |