Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [prep] every [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The six naughtiest dogs in the North-East ranged from Bracken the cairn , who insisted on leaping up at every visitor , to Jessica the fearsome-looking rottweiler . |
| 2 | ‘ His value is going up with every game and he could soon be worth £10 million . |
| 3 | Soon they could all see similar columns of smoke going up in every direction . |
| 4 | In the manufacturing counties you see the wheel going almost at every door , the wool and the yarn hanging up at every window , the looms , the winders , the combers , the carders , the dyers , the dressers , all busy ; and the very children as well as the women constantly employed . |
| 5 | In the manufacturing counties you see the wheel going at almost every door , the wool and the yarn hanging up at every window , the looms , the winders , the combers , the carders , the dyers , the dressers , all busy ; and the very children , as well as women constantly employed . |
| 6 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 7 | With history speeding up on every side , it is hard to imagine that the present edgy equilibrium can last for very long . |
| 8 | The state telecoms monopolies wanted to retain their privileged positions , and that meant extending their privileges , since new technologies and services were springing up on every hand . |