Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Necessary jobs are helping to clear up the smaller branches and making a start on repointing the bridge itself . |
| 2 | They are itching to hold up the red card to an establishment that does n't believe that ex-pros have the right pedigree to control top matches . |
| 3 | Established firms are tending to scoop up the talent in the market which is still in second-tier houses — without which they will not survive . |
| 4 | In fact , we 've stolen some nuclear weapons and we 're going to tell the government we 're going to blow up the whole country unless they let us play Wembley . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 're going to hang up the washing on the Siegfried Line … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The question of whether we 're going to clean up the environment of this country is long over , ’ he told a press conference . |
| 7 | If you 're going to keep up the same pattern of commitments the answer is that the army is already stretched as it clan be and so are the other two services and this is putting a terrific strain on the individual servicemen and their families . |
| 8 | So she 's phoned , and I says , ask them if they 're coming to board up the windows which were boarded when she went in ? |
| 9 | ‘ We 're managing to pick up the sound of one of the males , ’ said a marine biologist , Vassili Papastavrou , as he listened intently through a set of headphones . |
| 10 | She says that they 're trying to clear up the waste created by thousands of people — it 's a long job and they may not have time to do it all . |
| 11 | So the adapters are attempting to get up the career using sort of tried and tested ways of digging and sort of hauling each other up , and this sort of thing . |
| 12 | Then say that you are going to pick up the cards in any order , which you do keeping the pairs together . |
| 13 | I think that the compan companies out there have not made any profits for about five years , and they 're desperate to return to er an even keel , and they are going to force up the price of goods and services as soon humanly possible , and we 'll pick up the bill . |
| 14 | Once get your heroine into one of those confrontations that are going to make up the greater part of her adventure , once have her facing another person and the words will flow . |
| 15 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science , because if we carry on like the Tories are , Britain will be pushed down to the second or third division of industrial nations . |
| 16 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science because if we carry on like the Tories are , our country is going to be shoved down to the second or third division of modern industrial nations ’ . |
| 17 | Of course , insiders are well aware of the drama which surrounds interrogation and do not need to be reminded or really welcome such information being made public , for as a detective colleague pointed out after reading Irving 's paper , ‘ if we do n't use fear , force , fraud or the promise , how do they think we are going to clear up the crime and get the coughs the system needs to survive ? ’ |
| 18 | But creditors are threatening to wind up the business unless six figure debts are paid . |
| 19 | I am starting to fill up the dates . |
| 20 | Hold on tight now — I 'm going to whip up the horse . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to stoke up the fire and dry Beuno 's socks . ’ |
| 22 | After that , nothing happened for hours till Gloria suddenly said , ‘ Listen , ducky , I 'm going to pop up the West End . |
| 23 | What I 'm going to do is to examine now I 'm going to go up the collar bone first over the shoulder pad , T-shirt with a shoulder pad . |
| 24 | I 'm going to park up the top . |
| 25 | I 'm going to make up the fabric I 've got . |
| 26 | That 's why I 'm trying to fill up the gap with a few concerts , but of course I 'm not good enough for the big dates , it will be mostly provincial engagements . |
| 27 | I am trying to open up the moor by re-seeding and protecting the heather . ’ |
| 28 | The securities firms are trying to prop up the tumbling stockmarket by cutting the supply of new issues . |
| 29 | They are trying to prop up the tumbling stockmarket by cutting the supply of new issues . |
| 30 | ‘ We are trying to build up the event and , as we do not pay appearance money , the best way to do that is to offer rewards that will attract the best players , ’ he added . |