Example sentences of "trying [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time , gently stretch upwards for 10 counts , trying to pull up a bit further with each count . |
| 2 | so it 's a bit trying to set up a system |
| 3 | I am trying to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications ( which may also touch on more general issues of ethics and management ) — do you have any relevant texts of which you might send me a complimentary copy and to which reference could be made in the publicity for what should prove a stimulating event ! |
| 4 | Linda describes the details of their daily lives , the problems that arose in trying to set up a network of support that was sufficient , stable and yet not undermining of the women 's growing independence , and the different reactions of Elizabeth and Helen to their new life . |
| 5 | Another civilian was trying to set up a camera and tripod to photograph the scene and everybody was trying to sidestep the vomit on the carpet . |
| 6 | I had been trying to pick up a barman in a pub in Hammersmith . |
| 7 | A developer trying to buy up a site in a city comes across an owner who charges a ridiculously high price . |
| 8 | Perhaps that was why he had embarked , without capital , on trying to put up a building , though god knows this would have no long life in Manhattan . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe they were trying to put up a smoke-screen . |
| 10 | They 've been taken as typical of the senior editors and right across every function area is is covered by that and I 've got erm sample job descriptions for all the editorial levels and I can get them for any other secretarial levels or design and I can acquire those if you want to see what has been done in terms of trying to draw up a framework , you know , that kind of thing . |
| 11 | Matt Lynch , manager of the environmental services department of IIRS , outlined for the conference the difficulties that legislation presents when trying to draw up a strategy for pollution control . |
| 12 | Instantly it rang — Philippa trying to fix up a dinner date . |
| 13 | As though trying to use up a bit of space , the garage ( for a single car ) was situated a hundred yards from the house , up a separate track . |
| 14 | In Timisoara , Sorinne , a young Romanian journalist , is trying to start up a student newspaper . |
| 15 | He was trying to climb up a brick wall , but he 's got a bad leg . |
| 16 | This left de Gaulle in the impossible situation of trying to keep up a wartime psychology , while the French people wanted to live a peacetime existence . |
| 17 | It 's like two people trying to keep up a conversation . |
| 18 | Her present to Harry was to be a pair of racing binoculars in a fine leather case with his initials stamped on it ; Wendell 's , a handsome cheque , since he was aware that Harry had opened an account at the bank and was trying to build up a reserve of cash . |
| 19 | The way ahead for paleontologists trying to build up a knowledge of evolution has been spurred on by the revolution in plate tectonics , which has provided a better understanding of the stratigraphic record and fossilized data . |
| 20 | Chat shows : These programmes can be useful when trying to build up a personality . |
| 21 | This year the Europa Cup was hosted by Hayling Island Sailing Club , home of the world 's largest fleet of International Canoes. 40 competitors entered , including Swedish and German teams , and spectators included a Texan trying to build up a fleet in Houston . |
| 22 | No vet trying to build up a practice ought to let pride overcome his or her business sense . ’ |
| 23 | The local historian who is trying to build up a picture of the social and economic structure of his own parish must always take into consideration the extent of the common and the value of the rights over it . |
| 24 | We 're trying to build up a picture of what happened before the event . |
| 25 | Yes , it 's for the dictionary project , we 're doing a , erm we 're trying to build up a database at the moment of transcribed spoken language . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're not trying to stir up a hornet 's nest but we do want to let everyone know what we 're trying to achieve , ’ campaign spokesman Steve Melia said . |
| 27 | Its quite possible this was taken out of context by teletext — they often do — especially in this case where the press have been trying to stir up a rift for well over a year . |
| 28 | Nicky Mohan will miss the opening game of the Premier League after being sent off at Molineux after being sent off for trying to break up a fight ! |
| 29 | Cath from T-shirts is on crutches after treading barefoot on broken glass trying to break up a skinhead brawl . |
| 30 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |