Example sentences of "[coord] be [verb] up the " in BNC.

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1 Many of the biggest companies are refusing to take on new clients with such cars , and are jacking up the premiums on existing business .
2 Eggs escape under the bursa of the male and are carried up the trachea in the excess mucus produced in response to infection : they are then swallowed and passed in the faeces .
3 The trio scored 6/6 between them in rounds seven and eight and are carving up the rest of the field , none of whom has more than 50 per cent .
4 I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid .
5 At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail .
6 He 's finalising the documentation for a private bid , and is putting up the cash himself …
7 She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming .
8 I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street .
9 He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone .
10 He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him .
11 Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin .
12 ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’
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