Example sentences of "up [noun pl] [conj] [v-ing] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves careful planning in building up contacts and nurturing them and not taking the first ‘ no ’ for an answer . |
| 2 | Sarah went round the room , picking up objects and putting them down again . |
| 3 | Well , we already do that at the moment , trying to assess a myriad of individual benefits with people filling up forms and sending them all over the country . |
| 4 | It 's all to do with squashing up waves and spreading them out . ’ |
| 5 | Program design can aim to aid any or all these activities by : — actual presentation : sowing seeds — generating a supportive environment : producing curiosity or other motivation in an atmosphere of enjoyment — stimulating pupil participation : in setting up situations or exploiting them , providing a structure for investigations , examples or exercises . |
| 6 | Although it sounds quite funny picking up children and carrying them can be tricky when you can hardly walk . |
| 7 | This guy has a business picking up fossils and selling them ? |
| 8 | At the moment she was cutting up courgettes and dropping them into a saucepan containing peppers and onions and tomatoes . |