Example sentences of "up and [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | July the first more members er in , in , in local authorities than er than we 've got in the whole of our union right and we 've got twenty five per cent of our membership in , in local authorities and we 're getting hammered and we 're also getting at the same time privatization , we 're seeing local authorities being broken up and we 're seeing a creation of large numbers of employers . |
| 2 | Already we 're seeing sector the er , those er new independent colleges coming along and saying do you recognize , er G M B and er during the single union agreement with UNISON and we 've got ta get our act together cos the only with thing that 's going on , we 're seeing local authorities getting smashed up and we 're seeing UNISON which will be going right across the board . |
| 3 | ‘ Complaints from customers have actually gone up and we are setting specific quality objectives for the coming year , with technical programmes and systems to achieve them , ’ said operations manager . |
| 4 | As we go to press , the deadline for the exhibition , Impressive Women is also coming up and we are hoping that the work which is sent in will provide an enthusiastic and diverse exhibition . |
| 5 | Maybe we needed to pull our socks up and we are trying to do just that . |
| 6 | ‘ We had a fair hearing for Martin Allen , but the result is a major blow because there are some vital games coming up and we are going to be without two important players . ’ |
| 7 | In those days , I think the Home Office and the Foreign Office were full up and we were getting people from universities and some of them were pretty useless , heads full of all sorts of knowledge but no common sense . |
| 8 | Yes they woke up and they 're carving them and cutting away , but could n't say anything . |
| 9 | ‘ When I walked into the studio Blixa had his body miked up and they were punching him to get a bass drum beat . |
| 10 | But of course , they were picking the bottle up and they were trying to tip it as well . |
| 11 | And we had to go and do the washing up and they were sitting in the erm in the kitchen choosing their Christmas presents from the Argos catalogue oh that 's nice , ooh it 's five ninety nine Jenny I 'm serious . |
| 12 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 13 | I sat up and she was kneeling beside me , picking at herself disgustedly , trying to get rid of the fungi and moulds . |
| 14 | But Lili said there were few enough times when she got the chance really to dress up and she was going to now . |
| 15 | Doctor Rossitter came and dressed Susan 's arm , which he said was much better ; and in the afternoon Breeze left her sister safely tucked up and she was knocking at the Vicarage door on the stroke of three . |
| 16 | He picks her up and he 's throwing her . |
| 17 | " Duke 's a lot better — 'is eyes and nose 'ave dried up and he 's eatin' like a 'oss ! " |
| 18 | No I wo n't Niki because he 's in the car and if he wakes up and he 's going to be so unhappy . |
| 19 | And when he 's dancing he takes his clothes off and , and he 's pinned up and he 's going like and he 's going |
| 20 | Otley 's cavalry twill and brogues were doing their best to keep up and he was breaking out in a sweat . |
| 21 | He 's bowling with considerable pace there , did Lawrence , that wicket 's cheered him up and he was rushing in , he 's got his line right , round that off stump and plays a bit of a open face anyway , so those in the slip Gordon beware and the one that did get an edge , it flew through , both Ian Botham who 's at second and Graham Gooch , they both stand pretty close , they work on the theory that it 's better to drop them then to have them bouncing in front of you , but they could have been about five yards deeper in that , the one , that , that went flying through with the character . |
| 22 | I 've asked him about that and what he said is that er , he was saving up and he was going tax the vehicle as soon he was able to do so but he did n't have the funds and er , to do so at , at that time . |
| 23 | I 've asked him about that and what he said is that er he was saving up and he was going to tax the vehicle as soon as he was able to do so , but he did n't have the funds er to do so at , at that time . |
| 24 | All these little bits and pieces were starting to add up and I was getting nowhere . |
| 25 | but do n't get me wrong after a while I just gave up and I was getting them in bouts and I was getting through the Bonjela and the |
| 26 | On that particular Sunday my chaplain would n't shut up and I was getting hungry . |
| 27 | Yeah I 'd find it quite difficult well I could see the headlights coming up and I was thinking now how fast is that car coming up I do n't really know . |
| 28 | I woke up and I was aching . |
| 29 | so they did n't come , and I did n't go out and Gemma came up and I was sitting there talking and they had a drop , drop of wine and I had one with erm and Gemma finished her biscuits up , we 've got to get some more biscuits now Gemma brings her |
| 30 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |