Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] them [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would you give them a hundred thousand pounds worth of life cover for a shorter period , looking at them making up the difference perhaps later when they could afford it , or would you give them initially a reduced amount of life cover , say eighty thousand , for the eighteen years ? |
| 2 | We were waiting for them to turn up at Hamish and Tone 's but they never showed . |
| 3 | He understood perfectly well , but was waiting for them to make up their minds whether they wanted money or a claim to Asia Minor . |
| 4 | However , Melanie has recently been bitten on the arm through diving between them to break up a fight . |
| 5 | Soon Alejandro was venting his hangover on all the staff , yelling at them to tidy up the place and all the ponies . |