Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [v-ing] [pers pn] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it 's something , you know , more serious than then the the client should be aware from you , that they should be ringing you up at this stage . |
| 2 | They believe that reality ‘ points beyond itself ’ in the sort of way that the pile of books points beyond itself , in that we know something must be holding it up or it would fall . |
| 3 | they might be picking you up , at ten o'clock |
| 4 | I have informally intimated to British Gas that we 'll be taking it up with them , not as a mere procedural matter through the joint secretary 's machinery , but as a negotiating matter , with the negotiating committee . |
| 5 | ‘ They 'll be calling him up soon enough , ’ said a corporal to his mate in a loud whisper from the far side of the carriage . |
| 6 | Oh somebody 'll be doing it up themselves . |
| 7 | George said : ‘ By that time , they could be digging me up for the operation . ’ |
| 8 | Mm yes , but even her spare bedroom needs , she could be doing it up and renting that one . |
| 9 | They 'd got babies on their back , and they 'd be swinging them up over their hips . |
| 10 | The opponent may be setting you up by turning his leading foot inwards . |
| 11 | She was a large animal and any minute now , Julia thought , he would be holding her up . |
| 12 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 13 | I just worry , as usual , that I shall be mopping you up for months to come . ’ |
| 14 | In other words , sacramenta procta hominas the sacraments are for the good of men and woman , of course the hominas in Latin includes both , it 's inclusive language for the sake of er well of certain persons who will be picking me up |
| 15 | I am still very shaken and will be taking it up with the American authorities . ’ |
| 16 | We 've lost sponsorship for our next exhibition [ on contemporary European architecture ] and we will be putting it up ourselves with students to guard it . |
| 17 | The ash-fall which buried Pompeii and the mudflow which covered Herculaneum , however , are first-class examples of two major kinds of volcanic phenomena , which have been repeated scores of times on different volcanoes in different parts of the world and we will be following them up more closely when we come to a detailed consideration of the mechanisms of eruptions . |
| 18 | I will be backing it up with information from Teletext and Videotext in the United States by J. Tydeman et al , who include detailed information relating to current technology and future development of such systems . |