Example sentences of "[noun] be [v-ing] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	MIPS ' known design wins , including SNI , Sumitomo Electric Inc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , Acer Group Inc and parent SGI , are not the stuff of massive volumes despite MIPS ' claims that Sony Corp and NEC Corp are racking up the numbers in Japan .
2	Milton Keynes is picking up the pieces and pleased that at least no one lost a life .
3	It might be very hard for Ireland to get five on the team , but the way things are shaping up the selectors will probably not care where the players come from .
4	I 'm just seeing if the water 's going up the drains .
5	The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue .
6	While the mechanics were setting up the cars , she thought she 'd go outside into one of the empty stands to try to find a breath of wind , anything rather than standing in the back of the pits in the high humidity which made her skin glow .
7	As Clinton was taking up the reins of power , a disconsolate President Bush flew back to Washington to make arrangements for the handover .
8	And more often than not , while Mansell was chalking up the victories and lapping up the accolades , Damon was reduced to the role of spectator .
9	Clematis are going up the sticks now !
10	De Burgh is speaking us very fairly and friendly , but both his hands are gathering up the borders round us .
11	This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight .
12	The demolition squad from No.6 Troop were blowing up the guns , four Belgian 75mm field pieces , their wheels shackled to turntables for anti-ship fire .
13	‘ But when we reached St Christoph the clouds were retreating up the mountainsides .
14	Mark Bottomley is picking up the pieces of his life after being beaten around the head with a piece of scaffolding .

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