Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [v-ing] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sitting quietly in my office tidying up records when a duty nurse came in . |
| 2 | Because of the specialist nature of the hospital , patients come from all over the country and the CAB spends much of its time chasing up patients ' benefits , contacting DHSS offices all over the country . |
| 3 | James Beck ( late of Dad 's Army ) was among his closest friends , while on the romantic side he almost got engaged to Yootha Joyce , got engaged to Justine Lord , and then finally , in the summer of 1963 , mid-way through his work setting up Doctor Who , got married to June Barry , soon to gain world-wide fame herself as one of the three leading ladies in Donald Wilson 's epic adaption of John Galsworthy 's The Forsyte Saga . |
| 4 | The American became bolder , his hand sliding up Caroline 's arm . |
| 5 | But Dehlavi takes his time getting up steam , leaving a good 20 minutes of surplus slack in these two hours . |
| 6 | Angel 's dating her and spends his time filling up Alejandro 's truck . |
| 7 | ‘ Owners complain about low prize money but there is no point in our executive putting up £25,000 with prize money down to fourth for a non-sponsored race if they wo n't support it . |
| 8 | There would only be a very tiny risk of your son picking up toxocara — and the germ that has the effects you 're worried about — in the way you describe . |