Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The configuration of lights speed up , broaden , and throw different shadows into the car as I pull up a freeway ramp . |
| 2 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car . |
| 4 | I blame the fact that a crow chose to hover below me as I scrambled up a tricky bit of path , made more perilous by loose shifting gravel . |
| 5 | As I dug up a bronze Roman belt-stud , I realised that the site was a mixture of historical periods . |
| 6 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 7 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 8 | As you build up a number of scenarios , you can identify the cells that best show the results of your what-if constructions , and have the results of the various scenarios displayed side by side onscreen or printed . |
| 9 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 10 | For the next couple of years , Sinitta was dog-less as she ran up an amazing string of chart hits with the guidance of the nowlegendary Stock , Aitken and Waterman . |
| 11 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 12 | As she stood up an empty wine bottle clattered off the bench and rolled down the pavement . |
| 13 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |
| 14 | But Miss Angus slapped her wrist sharply with a teaspoon , as she picked up a paperback with her other hand and examined it closely . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll find the Doctor , ’ Cheryl said dully , as she picked up a torch . |
| 16 | KENT went run crazy yesterday as they piled up a 603 for eight — their highest total since 1934 — against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 17 | THE return of both Des Haynes and Angus Fraser had the desired effect on Middlesex 's fortunes during the early weeks of the season as they ran up a sequence of one-day wins . |
| 18 | Instead was a happy medley of Luke laughing , of taking her hand as they ran up a long flight of grey stone steps towards some vague but wonderful journey 's end . |
| 19 | ‘ I talked to Edna this week , ’ he began , as they started up a steep incline to the north of the city . |
| 20 | The Geordies were seemingly cruising as they built up a 3-0 half-time lead . |
| 21 | " Early " is deictic here , but only inasmuch as it sets up an opposition to a notional " late " . |
| 22 | Outside a car revved up its engine as it changed up a gear only to screech to a halt at the corner and roar off again . |
| 23 | The gunman looked around him wildly and the crowd parted as he darted up a narrow alleyway . |
| 24 | Slit-eyed against the blinding rain , he hurled his weight forward as he powered up a ridge , the rear wheel tearing at shale and mud . |
| 25 | Resigning herself to the inevitable , she walked quietly alongside him as he kept up a running commentary on all they passed or saw . |
| 26 | ‘ I needed a break from routine rather badly , ’ he said as he drew up a chair and sat down . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , at least it was positive , ’ he said ruefully as he put up a blunt-fingered hand to touch his cheek . |
| 28 | The Irish backs missed tackles while Penaud was authoritative , Sadourny incisive and Viars electric as he clocked up a record 24-point haul . |
| 29 | As he follows up a security leak about a number of suspicious deaths in the nuclear industry , around him a more macabre series of murders are taking place . |
| 30 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |