Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small . |
| 2 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
| 3 | They went round the corner , and the child stopped in front of a flight of steps leading up to a dilapidated house , one of a number in the street . |
| 4 | Erica De'Ath , Teenagers Growing up in a Stepfamily |
| 5 | The whole of the study of sort of moving things and statics , things like ladders leaning up against a wall , it 's okay , it 's interesting . |
| 6 | As she 'd half expected , his face cleared slowly as she spoke , dark eyes lighting up with an almost painful eagerness . |
| 7 | A block of classification numbers usually appears to provide fairly precise demarcation lines ( though even here the inconsistencies of classification schemes may lead to some difficulties — undesirable elements turning up in an otherwise homogenous subject block ) . |
| 8 | There are a lot of enthusiasts coming up with a lot of good ideas but the information never gets out . |
| 9 | Minutes do not in any case include discussions leading up to a decision but only the decision itself . |
| 10 | I recently bought a Series IIA ex-military Land Rover with the intention of completely rebuilding it over the next few years ending up with a vehicle that will last for years to come . |
| 11 | The days leading up to a major championship meeting are always very tense , very difficult , and the second World Championship in Rome was no exception . |
| 12 | The background showed buildings rising up in a fiery glow ( see illustration ) . |
| 13 | SCOTTISH Amicable has just spent two years coming up with a new logo based on its Amicable Man image . |
| 14 | Workshops housing up to a dozen frames had been introduced into the villages by the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria , but the craft remained essentially a cottage industry for most of the nineteenth century . |
| 15 | It was suddenly as though the passion had been drained from her , her juices drying up like a desert stream in summer . |
| 16 | Gliders lining up for a competition launch |
| 17 | there 's rugby at Stow on the wold on Sunday … teague … hastings … andrew … skinner lots of big names lining up in a charity celebrity match they land by helicopter at lunchtime … |
| 18 | Fruit grew on the compound : a few bananas , lemons , mangoes , pawpaw and avocado pears weighing up to a pound and a half . |
| 19 | Author Alan , who was with the unit throughout its operational career , has collected and researched a series of fascinating contributions from unit members building up to a comprehensive and highly readable work . |
| 20 | It tells a poignant story about the community where Singleton grew up : of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood , and of street life where friendship , pain , danger and love combine to form reality . |
| 21 | The years passed and each winter the starlings returned , numbers building up to a peak in March . |
| 22 | During negotiations leading up to an economic transaction , choice theories insist that no legal obligations should arise since the parties have not yet reached an agreement . |
| 23 | The patient with a gastric ulcer had intermittent episodes lasting up to an hour , whereas continuous reflux occurred in the patient after gastrectomy . |
| 24 | Winds will remain light and variable , and this will allow all that sunshine to warm the air nicely , temperatures getting up to a comfortable ten or eleven celsius , that 's fifty or fifty fahrenheit . |
| 25 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 26 | Other points coming up in a sec . |
| 27 | When they are contacted by reporters following up on a story , they typically say something equivocally critical about IQ 's heritability , so as to quarantine themselves from controversy and , above all , to protect-themselves from false charges of racism and elitism . |
| 28 | For some prey , it becomes a matter of safety in numbers , with musk oxen forming up in a defensive circle to face a pack of marauding wolves , like a wagon train defending itself against attacking Indians . |
| 29 | Sampling might also involve time phasing as in attempting to detect opinion trends leading up to a general election . |
| 30 | Dishes piling up in a sink . |