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Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1	You 've been encouraging it up to now , on a few occasions up to now .
2	After a disastrous period of neglect when Glaswegians preferred Costa del Sol to this island of Bute abounding ‘ in pleasing scenes ’ , the ‘ stately hotels ’ and ‘ comfortable villas ’ , though older and a bit worn , are sprucing themselves up as the visitors , still almost exclusively Glaswegian , are coming back .
3	So , he had been winding her up about their sharing the same bed , amusing himself at her expense !
4	The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused .
5	‘ We are gearing ourselves up for promotion on and off the field .
6	They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up .
7	Has n't Mrs Abberley been keeping you up to date ? ’
8	‘ Have you been hatching something up with her — to stow me away ? ’
9	When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead .
10	I am living it up with Survage at the Coq d'Or .
11	While you 've been living it up in the lap of luxury — ’
12	We will include this poem : I 've been saving it up for the right occasion . ’
13	They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time .
14	No UK broadcast date has been fixed , but Sky are picking it up for autumn. , In the meantime , Bart is appearing in bootlegged form on American dance flyers and T-shirts everywhere .
15	so that the client can see that you 're keeping it up to date .
16	You 're cutting it up into bits .
17	Millie you 're showing me up with your picture , it 's not very good .
18	They 're warming us up for the next attack . ’
19	Erm , and if we actually get the rest of the business , we keep the motor pre premium down , at ten per cent increase , if we do n't we 're jacking it up by forty per cent .
20	I knew I did n't deserve his patience ; I had to think up some justification of my silliness , so I said , " They 'll all notice , " which was something that had n't been worrying me up to then .
21	I 've been bottling it up inside me far too long .
22	We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days .
23	In a kindly voice ( for which , later , he felt like smacking her ) , she said , ‘ I think you are mixing me up with the child our mother had in the late 1930s . ’
24	Well a cos then you can pick them up altogether if , are you with me , if you 're doing the rounds for your friends cos some of them 'll be on there and some 'll be Pick them up from the front , it 's just that some of the stuff will be at the front and some of it wo n't .
25	No no , so everybody should be given it up till then to pay anyway should n't they ?
26	He 'll be cheering himself up in one or the other place by now without a backward glance .
27	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 .
28	I just worry , as usual , that I shall be mopping you up for months to come . ’
29	Alain was getting quite hot under the collar and Dieter seemed to be winding him up on purpose . ’
30	If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes .