Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] up [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We often got into trouble with foreign seamen that came there and they started making up to the Chinamen 's wives . |
| 2 | It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it . |
| 3 | To avoid it , it meant climbing up from the Glen Lyon side and attacking the Ben via the three westerly Munros that share its ridge . |
| 4 | The row was sparked as the French head of state went on national TV to declare any attempt to delay signing up to the Maastricht Treaty by Mr Major would be ‘ unacceptable ’ . |
| 5 | De Maizière denied signing up with the Stasi , delivering information or receiving gifts or money ; his " only contacts " , he said , " came from my duties as a lawyer and were directed to being useful " to his clients . |