Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not sure I 've got anything to say , ’ he said , and closed his eyes , his foot jogging up and down in time to the beat of the dance band on the gramophone . |
| 2 | ‘ BR has spent a great deal of time and money building up nationally known brand names and images . |
| 3 | A tawny giant with shoulders and arms like a blacksmith 's , he had lean hips , more freckles than a gull 's egg , a snub nose , sleepy honey-coloured eyes , Bart 's pugnacious jaw and red-gold hair sticking up like a Dandy brush . |
| 4 | The device 's CPU combines a 32-bit integer processor producing up to eight instructions per cycle and 64-bit floating point unit and has 200 MIPS , 25 MFLOPS performance . |
| 5 | The device 's CPU combines a 32-bit integer processor producing up to eight instructions per cycle and 64-bit floating point unit and has 200 MIPS , 25 MFLOPS performance . |
| 6 | Then , unable to contain the drive and enthusiasm building up inside us , Enrique went alone , leaving me to dither between living the moment or trapping it on film . |
| 7 | Just as in his rotation of Party officials to areas with which they had no connection and where they would have difficulty building up a power-base , so now Ceauşescu was transferring people into new places of work , forcing them to move from their old homes . |
| 8 | All they could do was work from day to day , from performance to performance , and through the second week , Charles started to feel his confidence in the part building up again . |
| 9 | There was a guitar on the table , and a frilled black silk shirt hanging up behind the door . |
| 10 | Mrs Stych had just set down the last of her bags of groceries on the kitchen counter and begun to unpack them , when there was the sound of a heavy truck drawing up outside her house . |
| 11 | And they n have now claimed exemption , so any child or any person who has n't got income using up all their basic allowances should apply to banks or building societies not to deduct their tax |
| 12 | Over half the men around him spent the crossing bringing up what little food they had eaten for breakfast . |
| 13 | For two weeks Uli and I have spent every daylight hour gazing up at it , seeing it in its flesh and bone , so to speak , for the first time — yet so utterly familiar and loved . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You do not know , ’ said Lili , ‘ how many women would gladly put away for ever their suspender-belt and stockings — put them away with the relief of the weary warrior hanging up his shield after battle . ’ |
| 15 | They pause , watching her long walk across the grass , a supplicant walking up the cathedral nave , she has a sense of awe , her hands are cold and damp in spite of the heat . |
| 16 | It had been wounded , and was struggling to stay afloat with its snout jutting horizontally above the water , its dark mane of bristle bobbing up and down amid the white rise of the current . |
| 17 | When Sir Bryan Thwaites , chairman of Wessex Regional Health Authority , spoke out during an election about the impossibility of NHS funding keeping up with the expectations of patients and doctors , he was promptly told by the government to keep quiet . |
| 18 | He was close , his powerful , bare chest pressing up against the towelling of her robe ; she could almost feel the anger pumping around his body . |
| 19 | In other words , the lights were off in the living-room except for the strobes around the disco where a lonely DJ was pumping out Frankie Goes to Hollywood , and all the guests at the party were in the kitchen cluttering up the fake oak worksurfaces and obscuring the Neff oven . |
| 20 | In the silence we hear a cow tearing up grass by the roots and chewing . |
| 21 | You know damn well the questions that are being asked the questions I 'm asking : Is this case winding up or is n't it ? |
| 22 | A FORTNIGHT after starting its pioneering survey of the sky , the Infrared Astronomical Satellite ( IRAS ) is turning in high-quality data in such profusion that astronomers are having difficulty keeping up . |
| 23 | The Company was not powerful enough to go inland and kidnap slaves , and had great difficulty keeping up its coastal garrisons in the unpleasant and unhealthy conditions in which they lived , but in any case , military expeditions to capture slaves were unnecessary . |
| 24 | This time he did n't open the door for her , and she had difficulty keeping up as he took the front stairs two at a time . |
| 25 | We had a good ride — quite a hard one , I had difficulty keeping up , though towards the end they were getting noticably slower ! — and we were then invited to one of them 's house for breakfast . |
| 26 | Word of the display travelled fast and so many people were drawn to it that Porter International had difficulty keeping up with the crowds . |
| 27 | Rachaela had , again , the image of a man in a black cloak walking up the house wall . |
| 28 | He did an eight month fitter/armourer course ending up his training with top marks and a corporal 's stripes , and then did several months ' instructing before being sent to a ground crew on a Bomber Command airfield . |
| 29 | Frequently , such LEAs operate at two levels simultaneously : at the school level fostering and encouraging changes in attitude and practice , while at LEA level opening up direct two-way communication with parents through a variety of channels . |
| 30 | She was looking particularly uncompromising today , tired and pale , her dark , short hair spiking up at the back . |