Example sentences of "[v-ing] up the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty were to be converted into gun-sloops , by shoring up the bows to accommodate a 24-pounder [ 11-kg gun ] … |
| 2 | Santa Barbara village street was deserted , except for Inés just opening up the shop to take in the milk left by the farmer . |
| 3 | Mind you , I 've been keeping up the ice dance so all the canals are frozen and he ca n't get a match to fish , ’ joked Dave , who runs Midlands Angling Products . |
| 4 | This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight . |
| 5 | It took him half an hour 's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point . |
| 6 | Dracula walking up the brickwork to claim her ? |
| 7 | If Joe had not caught her , she would be there now , walking up the dale to look down on the sleeping cottage . |
| 8 | She was walking up the Mound to do the lunch shift at the Right and Wrong . |
| 9 | In what seemed to him to be the far distance he could see Mariana and the President climbing up the meadow to meet him . |
| 10 | I ate the biscuits in one go and walked on to the boat , climbing up the decks to stand at the back . |
| 11 | So what he had to do , the the the the customer in fact , is end up by climbing up the bannister to get to the top so that he could get hold of the lad that was at the top get hold of him by the feet and pull him upwards and over and er finally free the man at the bottom . |
| 12 | This is the wild and tasteless world of The Hitman And Her , the vibrantly garish , unashamedly downmarket youth TV programme that is storming up the ratings chart with its gloriously OTT presentation of provincial culture . |
| 13 | And then me picking up the keys living here and taking it down the road ! |
| 14 | Emily drew a sheet of writing paper towards her and picking up the pen began to write … |
| 15 | You can also make a gorgeous looped and fringed edge simply by knitting lots more rows between picking up the stitches to make loops at least en centimetres deep ( four inches ) — or even longer as a tremendous finish for shawls and stoles , or for the edges of collars and cuffs and jackets . |
| 16 | His hard thighs brushed hers as he shifted suddenly , picking up the telephone nestling in the armrest . |
| 17 | One dealer at Bailey McMahon , just before picking up the phone to speak with clients , would chant : " I 'll rip your head off . |
| 18 | Before picking up the phone to place a brief , it is important to consider the following : |
| 19 | Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry . |
| 20 | Picking up the rod determined not to make a hash of it this time I engaged the bail arm and belted the take . |
| 21 | We 've now moved on in part of question your question five B and erm in my response to that I 'm suggesting , and I hope it 's not just semantics , picking up the point made just before we broke for coffee , is that there 's all sorts of things called the countryside , and this policy is is directed at the open countryside . |
| 22 | picking up the staff costs there was some concern about putting that in there because we were awaiting the result of the T S G settlement . |
| 23 | It was now about 2157 , and although it had taken just three minutes to use Conquest for the rescue , the transfer to the small boat and handling her while picking up the survivor had required seamanship of a high order . |
| 24 | When the time of Hasan 's Occultation came , they would , presumably , be swarming up the drainpipes waving scimitars and carrying on like a thwarted group of reporters from the Sun . |
| 25 | And a collection of routine thoughts and physical distractions are useful for filling up the spaces created by the avoidance . |
| 26 | You could be passing up the chance to obtain the most loving , loyal friend anyone could wish for . |
| 27 | ‘ As a consequence of these deaths , the very highest levels have been cranking up the troops to find who did this . ’ |
| 28 | Scrambling up the escarpment leading into the mountain ridge of the Jebel , David was forced to call a halt , saying that he was feeling unwell . |
| 29 | You can take your endowment loan with you when you move , topping up the policy to cover the extra amount . |
| 30 | Turning up the music to drown the noise ; old Sixties hits playing as he beats Christopher with his fists , and with the crowbar , which he liked to keep at Christopher 's flat , dangling from a nail in a wall . |