Example sentences of "about [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver was a whiny child , partly , I think , because Nonni had set ideas about bringing up babies which involved feeding them at set hours and leaving them to cry in between . |
| 2 | So what do you , if had er , in terms of , how do you feel about bringing up children round here , what do you what do you feel about that , bringing up ? |
| 3 | She can not even begin to comprehend how a mother feels about bringing up children on state benefits or the frustration and despair of young people who can see no likelihood of ever finding meaningful employment . |
| 4 | ‘ No number of classes or courses or theories about bringing up kids replaces common sense ’ . |
| 5 | She entered her own No. 3 to find her son reading a copy of Playgoer and Jessie creeping about hanging up costumes . |
| 6 | But instead he is talking about keeping up research and development on space-based systems — which is exactly what was being done before . |
| 7 | ‘ He set it up I just ran interference for him trying to keep your people looking the wrong way with talk about opening up Winter Garden again . |
| 8 | It is about opening up ideas about the range of choices which could and should be available to them . |
| 9 | She could remember the incident quite clearly , although the circumstances surrounding it had vanished into oblivion , beyond recall of any form of analysis : it had been early afternoon , so clearly not a party incident — maybe they had had lunch together ? — and she had been anxious about picking up children from school . |
| 10 | The government subsidy made it likely that the staff of the two papers were less worried about pushing up sales than were their counterparts on the then Lonrho-owned Standard . |
| 11 | There 's nothing unusual about clogged up roads in London , but this was the school half-term holidays — usually a haven of relatively clear tarmac , a glorious window of opportunity to leave home for the office a quarter of an hour later . |
| 12 | As environmental standards rise , especially for water quality , people worry more about cleaning up land that has been contaminated by past dumping . |
| 13 | He ca n't possibly shoulder great beams into place , stand about propping up beams ; he 'll need scaffolding or something . |
| 14 | You can forget about giving up bread if you 're on a diet , because contrary to popular belief , bread — whether it 's white or brown — is good for you and your figure . |
| 15 | She would then have to think very seriously about giving up Alf and her relationship with Gail , the grandchildren and everyone in The Street . ’ |
| 16 | She does n't hector us about giving up things . |
| 17 | Students may find lecturers less enthusiastic about giving up time for workshop advice . |
| 18 | Or rather , about finishing up customers ' drinks , for when Albert came in on a Monday morning drunk at his own expense none of his morally outraged proprietors had ever turned a hair . |
| 19 | " I hope you did n't change your mind about taking up languages , " said Miss Haines , finally , and with a slight constraint . |
| 20 | First of all the company is very serious about taking up references . |
| 21 | With you feeding Harry there wo n't be any problems about making up feeds . ’ |
| 22 | Now the Tories are even talking about putting up taxes |
| 23 | Page 19 Car link : American car maker Chrysler is talking to Mitsubishi of Japan about setting up manufacturing plants in Europe . |
| 24 | They were waiting for a lobster boat 's arrival in expectation of being thrown a free dinner — less work than fishing on their own account ; which about summed up life on the Keys , Trent thought . |
| 25 | This has been a fairly gritty chapter , all about beating up baddies , causing them pain and putting them to flight . |