Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So remember to treat yourselves , perhaps slowly saving up and buying a present for yourself or doing things you enjoy , as rewards for your achievements . |
| 2 | They had for many years been letting cottages — although many more than we — and were just starting to think of selling up and living a quieter life . |
| 3 | Some of these may offer opportunities which lean more towards science , technology or maths work — drawing up and costing a cleaning contract for a historic building ( How exactly does one clean that crystal chandelier ? |
| 4 | She had died instantaneously , or pretty nearly so , without first getting up and crawling down the embankment , or for that matter getting up and riding a bicycle . |
| 5 | Then at the third came one of his astonishing feats : he drove the ball 330 yards , through spectators crossing the fairway 30 yards from the green , before chipping up and holing a 12ft putt for birdie . |
| 6 | In addition , young people will learn something about starting up and running a business . |
| 7 | There is no doubt that performance can be improved in many cases , but the fundamental question has to be asked whether such foliar feeding or boosting is merely making up and filling a gap left by normal cultivation that is not as good as it could be . |
| 8 | Having dared , with one or two others , to open the door , I feel I 've been trampled in the rush and I 'm now standing up and waving a little flag saying , ‘ No , no , this is where we should be . ' |
| 9 | Money is well spent in setting up and maintaining a properly serviced grass roots party organisation . |
| 10 | I am satisfied that the plaintiff is in a state where it is reasonably necessary to provide for the costs of setting up and maintaining a trust to handle the plaintiff 's financial interests over the years ahead . |
| 11 | These manuals are intended only for those people closely involved in setting up and managing a LIFESPAN system . |
| 12 | Melanie Ling was nominated for an award ‘ for the outstanding commitment she has shown since being given the task of setting up and supervising a unit to handle the recently acquired Grand Metropolitan Scheme ’ . |
| 13 | Under the Government 's scheme , the Treasury will meet the costs of setting up and running a private company owned by banks to administer it . |
| 14 | To make sure it does n't turn into a nightmare , Leith 's Guide to Setting up and Running a Restaurant ( Merehurst , £12.95 ) is essential reading . |
| 15 | And er they have got it now to a state of what I would imagine almost perfection , and that is that every man , woman and child of the population of those two countries er has got adequate protection and even a woman er who wishes to go out and do shopping in the contaminated er environment has the possibility of , of suiting up and putting a special er cover on the pram of her child and actually pushing this child with a special ventilator out . |