Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Mr Crozier admitted his department was still gearing up to implement the legislation , he confirmed that once all the stall were fully trained they would begin prosecuting offenders . |
| 2 | A new wave of black British talent is now threatening to do the same — breaking out of a burgeoning club circuit and gearing up to colonise the nation 's TV sets |
| 3 | Now 26 police forces from the midlands and the south are teaming up to counter the menace such gatherings cause to landowners and the general public . |
| 4 | Even topping up to replace the water lost by evaporation is taken care of automatically . |
| 5 | ULSTER 'S soccer fanzine writers were lining up to put the boot in today — with not a typewriter in sight . |
| 6 | Already Scottish Tory Mps are lining up to threaten the Government that they will withhold support or even vote against if Rosyth is forsaken . |
| 7 | Excitement is high at St Michael 's School , Billingham , at the prospect of Jamie Pollock and Sean Gregan turning up to launch the school 's 1992 year book . |
| 8 | Tribe , not knowing how to fly when the propeller stopped turning , glided heavily eastward and crash-landed in a field full of German infantry , who were having a meal before going up to join the attack . |
| 9 | At the at the Gorbels and after I was married During the war there was a terrific fire and he was burned to death in the lift going up to bring the girls down . |
| 10 | Then , just before stepping up to sign the register , he took off his hat . |
| 11 | HP 's software effort for the new servers included endorsement from a veritable who's-who of mainframe software houses , all eager to stand up on the platform and say that their customers were queueing up to leave the IBM mainframe world behind . |
| 12 | That the government , local authorities and private companies are not queueing up to offer the resources to enable CABx to extend their work can only be due to the movement 's failure to make its point effectively . |
| 13 | A slow retrieve , occasionally stopping to allow the bait to sink back to depth , then speeding up to run the bait to the surface working the bait as a lure or wobbled bait would be , the difference is that on this occasion you could be doing it at 150 yards from the bank and an area never covered by bankside wobblers . |
| 14 | As you approach the time of competition , begin ‘ interval training ’ in your aerobic band by working very hard to raise the pulse rate almost into the anaerobic threshold , then easing up to drop the pulse rate down into the lower third of the band . |
| 15 | Instead of concentrating on the lines of the dance — which they will need if they ever dance in Ashton 's Symphonic Variations or Monotones , MacMillan 's Requiem or Bintley 's Consort Lessons — students spend more time loosening up to meet the demands of modern choreographers . |
| 16 | When it comes to facing up to change the Tories are ruthless . |
| 17 | They came : a tight little group , guns in the crooks of their arms , chatting and laughing amongst themselves , like hunters strolling up to view the bag after a fine day in the field . |
| 18 | She was momentarily back in time to when she was about thirteen , staying up to watch the glitter and excitement that the sight of one man had brought , watching every televised re-run as the whole country had gasped and applauded a young Spaniard whose handsome arrogance and amazing equestrian skills had held them enthralled . |
| 19 | Then Crawford went out for a welcome late-night meal , before staying up to read the reviews in the early editions of the next day 's newspapers . |
| 20 | Tim 's coming up to move the bath back and all that you see , this old bath and erm , do some pipe work , but until that 's all done , erm , er , until this woman is sorted out , because if I find in the end we 've got to insulate again , then I know how I feel , I mean that tongue and groove going up polystyrene in the lounge and yesterday I think he 's got a new organ |
| 21 | Imperceptibly the trees must have grown , yet they seemed to Adam no different from when he was a child coming up to fetch the milk and when , on sunless mornings , he had felt a kind of menace from the wood . |
| 22 | I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window . |
| 23 | ‘ You should be more careful , ’ he said , coming up to her , his fingers reaching up to smooth the horse 's flank only a hand 's length from her knee . |
| 24 | He went to her and took her arm , coaxing her gently , almost tenderly across , then stood there , one arm holding tightly about her slender waist , the other reaching up to hold the strap . |
| 25 | On her way out she paused , reaching up to slot the dā telo branch between the stones above the lintel , and the bull lowered its head threateningly and took a few steps towards her as if it was going to lunge . |
| 26 | He probably will not sleep in the unlikely event of the ghost of mass murderess Mary Ann Cotton showing up to see the graves of her victims . |
| 27 | He compounded this appalling error of judgement by standing up to applaud the winners , a misguided attempt at gallantry which resulted in me trying to run out of the stadium and refusing to talk to him all the way home . |
| 28 | They drink pints , work longer hours than any man on the team and practically pee standing up to convince the chaps they 're ‘ one of them ’ . |
| 29 | It had n't crossed my mind , but I was grateful now that I 'd been too busy throwing up to examine the body too closely . |
| 30 | If you 're always queuing up to use the washbasin , and have the space , why not think about installing more than one in the bathroom . |