Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But their presence in the First Division will mean that every Saturday thirty non-English players will be turning out in the top flight taking up places which should be filled by Englishmen . |
| 2 | While all this was going on agents of Naggaroth were abroad throughout the Old World stirring up trouble . |
| 3 | Based on the Marvel comic of the same name and filmed back in 1988 , it 's the usual uncomplicated but enjoyable mix of demolition derby and fuck you one-liners , which features Dolph as a leather-clad psycho-avenger tearing up nightclubs with huge guns , using his karate skills on mob bosses and riding round city sewers on his Harley . |
| 4 | And yesterday Dixon and Potter spent the whole bloody day chatting up shopkeepers and others about the Garlands in general and Francis in particular . |
| 5 | Kilowatts is not energy , it 's the rate at which you 're using energy , how quickly is this electrical appliance burning up electricity ? |
| 6 | The Pack spent a busy evening making up gift parcels to take round to the orphanage and to other people on the Guider 's list . |
| 7 | One of her Lock pictures assembled itself in Marie 's head : miles of crawling grey sea kicking up frills of white foam and the castle black , romantic , against it . |
| 8 | Mr Corps , who was used to flying at 40,000ft in pressurised jets , fell victim to the thin air going up Talkuassir mountain in Nepal . |
| 9 | ‘ Hard on the heels of the policy review came the hunting hounds of the SLD and Green Party scraping up votes in bucket loads ’ . |
| 10 | Many women spend some years away from paid employment bringing up children or looking after elderly or disabled relatives . |
| 11 | His captain , volatile as any ice-hockey player , was equally distracted , his aggressive posture conjuring up visions of the Perth nightmare when , unforgivably booted by Lillee , Miandad raised a retaliatory bat which , only by the grace of God , abandoned its journey towards Lillee 's head . |