Example sentences of "is [verb] up [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TV hostess Amanda de Cadenet is shaping up beautifully as a mum . |
| 2 | The excess sail is rolled up neatly around the mast out of the way and still I 've good a good sail shape . |
| 3 | Well the centre is made up largely of the president er and the congress but the congress is made up of politicians elected from the states local , local politicians locally accountable . |
| 4 | Advertising revenue is holding up well in the Down Recorder says managing director Colin Crichton . |
| 5 | Some of that has to do with the guitar — we need material which is set up more for the guitar . ’ |
| 6 | Constables have a definite view about the style of authority they prefer in officers , which is summed up well by the remark that they need to be ‘ one of the boys ’ : that is , they should not stand on ceremony and overtly assert their authority . |
| 7 | we 're going to finish with motor racing … our Nigel Mansell competition is coming up hard on the heels of yesterday 's Portugese Grand Prix |
| 8 | Referring to them as she detracts from the clarity of my work , since the reader is brought up short by the unfamiliar , inappropriate form . |
| 9 | An' I du n no 'ow long I 'll be livin' 'fore I 'm sick like yore ol' lady 'angin' rahnd ver launjrette an' waitin' up fer ol' man an' 'avin' Gawd knows 'ow many kids 'angin' rahnd me an' ‘ Mummy this ’ and ‘ Mummy that ’ my Gawd if you mus ' know Sharon all my life all I fuckin' wanner do is shine up there like a dancer or sunnink . |
| 10 | Sentence ( 10 ) tells us of a " weakness " of the " heart " , but not until ( 11 ) , where this matter is taken up again in the expression " the poor child was not robust " , do we learn that it provided a reason for the present interview : it was for this reason ( we surmise ) that the Moreens wished to engage a resident tutor . |
| 11 | And ol' Powell is sitting up there in a wooden chair strapped down to the deck , yelling instructions and waving with his one arm . ’ |
| 12 | The existence of a meaning distinction is backed up furthermore by the opinions of a certain number of grammarians who all have more or less similar impressions as to the nature of the semantic contrast here . |