Example sentences of "by [v-ing] up [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is made possible by whipping up speed with a continuous pull on the lines by the flyer . |
| 2 | A permanent gathering of fabric achieved by drawing up material along two or more parallel lines of stitching , or over cords or thin rods threaded through casings or rod pockets . |
| 3 | Wimbledon followed suit a little later by opening up competition to professional tennis players . |
| 4 | By dressing up deprivation in this spatial vocabulary it is possible to hide the more unpalatable realities of economic restructuring , redundancy and exploitation . |
| 5 | Conner is responding by ramping up production of its Filepro and Aegean Series of 3.5 ’ and of new tape drives developed by Archive . |
| 6 | Merrill Lynch has effectively sold Waste Management short and will cover its position by picking up stock from any investors stagging the issue ( or ‘ flipping ’ in transatlantic speak ) . |
| 7 | Mr Bond said : ‘ There are 33 independent milkmen who are all helping out by picking up food around the town . |
| 8 | They often pay a higher pension , based on 1/60th for each year of service rather than l/80th , but the tax-free lump sum has to be bought by giving up part of your pension . |
| 9 | Regional Railways : ‘ Best thing that 's happened to the valley in years ’ Lynne Edmunds hears how the Welsh have bucked the trend by stoking up regeneration of their train services |
| 10 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 11 | This may be done simply by taking up residence in the area , without saying anything to anyone other than the organization sponsoring the research . |
| 12 | By taking up residence amongst them , pitching his tent in the midst of their tents , the Lord makes this second sort of identification with his people . |
| 13 | This was interpreted in the Clinton camp as the Major government attempting to give Bush a hand by digging up dirt on Clinton as a Vietnam draft-dodger or pot-smoker . |