Example sentences of "up [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No exactly but I think prior to that , we did do what you 're suggesting , we did go round all the areas , Dick , myself and Malcolm and Chris , walked round all the areas , told told the people what needed tidying up to go in the it was before we had the racking up by the way so it was more messy |
| 2 | A dark , cowled figure came in and went up to stand in the Lady Chapel . |
| 3 | Without looking back he ran to the end of the passageway and climbed up to hide in the shelves . |
| 4 | When it 's just a few minutes from the face , the thick cloud filling the valley gently wells up to lock in the cold . |
| 5 | We wandered back home and when we entered the yard we were called in to go to bed early so we could get up to help in the morning . |
| 6 | A public relations campaign also started up to draw in the waverers . |
| 7 | Since the advent of Felicity , she had gone up to sleep in the attic — an arrangement she preferred , as she had absolute privacy up there , and as luck would have it , there was an electric fire , so that she could use it as a study . |
| 8 | I had , for once , no official papers to read and picked it up to read in the tram . |
| 9 | Today we may find his attitude most approachable when it is oblique , as it is in Mr Midshipman Easy , when the sense and reason behind naval rules and regulations are stated through the absurd mistakes , misconceptions and malfeasances of a youth who has been brought up to believe in the ideal of total equality . |
| 10 | One class , after looking at an old muster roll and hearing how men in their county were called up to fight in the militia , made a cut-out army of 150 cardboard soldiers . |
| 11 | After their first encounter , the couple began seeing one another regularly , but the romance fizzled out after Mr Clinton returned to America , believing he had been called up to fight in the Vietnam war . |
| 12 | This group of NFL stalwarts were in Scotland as part of the World Partnership programme which has been set up to assist in the development of American football at amateur level in Europe . |
| 13 | Nearby , fishermen sort their nets before hanging them up to dry in the tall net ‘ shops ’ that are unique to Hastings ; and delicious fresh fish is always available from the fishmarket . |
| 14 | As he fingered the black , transparent things hung up to dry in the bathroom , he had scented sin . |
| 15 | Her fingers reached up to entwine in the clean curl of his black hair , every part of her aching shamelessly to be discovered and touched , by this one man who could whip up a storm in her heart … |
| 16 | I concede that the current recession and the Government 's mismanagement of the economy have a part to play in the fact that prestige projects are not lining up to locate in the bay . |
| 17 | Stepping up to bat in the eighth inning of game five on Sunday with the scores tied 1-1 , the Giants first baseman had trouble controlling the adrenalin , ‘ but I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the point of release of the ball ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Come on , Marge , before Robin Day turns up to join in the debate ! ’ |