Example sentences of "[v-ing] up a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This account of normalisation focuses on opening up a range of life-style opportunities which are available to the rest of the population but which have tended to be closed to people with learning difficulties . |
| 2 | As Titron lifted , the black water in the dock sucked away , opening up a drop of several feet , only to be followed by a surge upwards . |
| 3 | The first frame last night was as crucial as any , but Hendry won that with breaks of 54 and 55 before opening up a lead of three with an 81 which proved to be his highest after the interval . |
| 4 | Reading this collection of interviews with twenty five Scottish and Irish women poets is like opening up a box of plain chocolates , only to be confronted with an array of brightly coloured and diverse tasting liqueurs . |
| 5 | I was in no way offended , though , by O'Connor 's simple action of tearing up a picture of the Pope on television . |
| 6 | Drunks were making a din on the stairs and a sculptor was tearing up a collection of Kisling 's drawings and throwing them down on to the head of the concierge . |
| 7 | Pete was now beginning to wonder if she was feeling ill ; it was almost as if , for the latter part of the evening , she 'd only been keeping up a show of enjoying herself and now the strain of the charade was getting through to her . |
| 8 | Anyway , we pulled ourselves together and pretended to be pleased to see him , and then he drove us back to London like a maniac , keeping up a stream of gibberish which after a while I stopped listening to . |
| 9 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 10 | Adam 's secretary was engrossed in totting up a column of figures when Lissa walked into his office on Monday morning . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been busy mopping up a crowd of drug smugglers . ’ |
| 12 | Which is more than can be said , perhaps , for some of the offerings labelled Panto that are currently mopping up a lot of customers . |
| 13 | ‘ Something will have to be sorted out — and quickly , ’ Adam muttered , whisking up a pile of paperwork from a tray on the polished surface of a desk . |
| 14 | Picking up a sheet of paper , she casually unfolded it , and then gave an exclamation . |
| 15 | Yes because previous to this year , erm the R C E has been picking up a proportion of their costs . |
| 16 | I usually look forward to Family Day , but I can honestly say that this year I 'm beginning to dread it , ’ said Rachel , then , picking up a pile of records , she said , ‘ This wo n't do , we must get on , otherwise we 'll never finish these medicals . ’ |
| 17 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 18 | ‘ Soon settle that , ’ said Tom , picking up a pair of scissors from the bookcase . |
| 19 | Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction . |
| 20 | He waited till it grew too strong and dropped the stick into the fire , picking up a handful of wet leaves to cool the burn . |
| 21 | He crouched , and picking up a handful of soil , rubbed it through his fingers . |
| 22 | PINCH TEST : This involves picking up a fold of skin ( on the horse 's neck ) between your forefinger and thumb , lifting it away from the neck , and then releasing it . |
| 23 | Picking up a copy of the Veterinary Record , she leafed through it , then suddenly exclaimed , ‘ It says here that there is an increase in Blue Ear Disease in pigs . |
| 24 | The main thing was that we were picking up a lot of hawking know-how , even if we did look ridiculous . |
| 25 | ‘ This is what we need , ’ Bryce said , picking up a carafe of water from the top of a chest of drawers . |
| 26 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
| 27 | And if there 's no money in it for me I 'm not gon na give priority to going picking up a piece of wood for a customer . |
| 28 | Mind you when she went home she noticed her accent was getting worse and worse and she was picking up a sort of English reticence or so they enjoyed telling her . |
| 29 | Heather , from Stoke-on-Trent , says he was tricked into picking up a package of heroin by some Westerners he met in Bangkok . |
| 30 | What we have is picking up a ragbag of stable door legislation , that came out of other Acts , and that 's why we have offices , shops and railway premises from the Oswald Acts which were neatly tucked in the back of Oswald 's Act . |