Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , the 'andle spun round an' sent 'im flyin' up ter the ceilin' . |
| 2 | The night sky was still clouded picking up just a hint of the glow from the street lights that silhouetted the church , trees and houses on the opposite crest . |
| 3 | The Americans have invaded , and are rounding up both the rebels and governmental forces . ’ |
| 4 | And waking up about a quarter past ten , go downstairs and make tea and toast takes the paper up , I take Freeman 's catalogue put the , the wireless on and he 's looking through the paper and I 'm looking through Freeman 's catalogue saying |
| 5 | Initially , the children were waking up almost every night of the week , and about three or four times a night . |
| 6 | The process by which colleagues are kept informed may differ from what is expected of them in building up either a school development plan or a scheme of quality assurance . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm building up quite a collection , are n't I ? |
| 8 | This part of the event is taken very seriously , and the atmosphere was far from frivolous , building up quite a feeling of tension as the crowd grew . |
| 9 | You might want to describe some of these things : how your brother got into trouble whether you thought it was fair what you think of the school , generally what you think of the teachers how your brother refused to raise his arm how you intervened how you felt about speaking up how the incident ended what happened on the way home that night . |
| 10 | as I was climbing the hill I thought , Oh gosh , this trolley seems to be coming up here no problem . |
| 11 | Switzerland stood down from taking on the rotating EFTA presidency in the first six months of 1993 , taking up instead the vice-presidency ( in charge of negotiations with third countries , including eastern Europe ) ; the presidency passed instead to Sweden . |
| 12 | Unlike Wang , which has effectively withdrawn from systems manufacturing and is little more than a reseller for the IBM line , Bull will be taking up both the manufacturing and design rights it negotiated with IBM back in February ( UX No 370 ) . |
| 13 | The neo-classical period of the 1920s and 1930s had as one of its ideals a return to the past , avoiding Romantic expressions ( which were held in contempt ) and taking up mainly the styles of the Baroque era . |
| 14 | I had also been taking up quite a lot of time for public service , chairing the National Gas Consumers ' Council , and also , more relevantly , working under Richard Hoggart who was chairing the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education , which had a remit to develop national policies for education as a process continuing throughout life . |
| 15 | Mind , the election 's taking up quite a lot of his time . |
| 16 | Arriving at a design for a new product , he insists , entails seeking marketing advice , weighing up how the product is going to be made and manufactured , understanding the cost elements and how it is going to be sold and presented to the customer . |
| 17 | The sun was at its height , lighting up both the stone and the countless windows . |