Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] up in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A lot of the simpler souls ’ , said Quigley , ‘ probably think a great big snake is going to slither out at them and start gobbling them up in a few years . ’ |
| 2 | A white face was the only qualification required for work , modelling or hamming it up in a TV commercial . |
| 3 | He 's fixing us up in a flat , with kitchenette , out Godalming way , a live-in maintenance job . ’ |
| 4 | These group-living females show remarkable degrees of social tolerance and sometimes take up residence in large , communal nests , carrying all their kittens in there and piling them up in a huge , squirming mass . |
| 5 | Someone who 's forever pushing her hair out of her eyes , or stuffing it up in a clip on top of her head simply looks harassed . |
| 6 | When they paused near one of these villages to rest the horses the Collector remained in the carriage and watched the men drawing water from the well , drawing it up in a huge leather bag with the help of their bullocks , and he knew that the same two men and two bullocks would do this every day until the end of their lives . |