Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creatures that bestride the dividing line between amphibians and reptiles and between mammals and protomammals , are constantly turning up in the fossil record . |
| 2 | The houses of Old Odborough are already lighting up for the evening , but it is not yet dark enough to see the lights farther away . |
| 3 | Five and six in the morning , and you 're always waking up in the middle of the night cos you do n't know , you know , if summat 's happened or summat 's gon na happen . |
| 4 | If your teenagers are always queuing up outside the bathroom , it might be a good idea to think about installing washbasins in their bedrooms . |
| 5 | Things do n't look likely to improve , since recruits are hardly piling up at the door . |
| 6 | Parts of the county are still sobering up from the unprecedented celebrations . |
| 7 | People are now waking up to the fact that the natural world is our primary source and has got to be conserved if man is to continue . |
| 8 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 9 | I 'm always waking up in the night . |
| 10 | Here every delegate vote counts equally , and they are increasingly waking up to the power of the voting card . |
| 11 | With the candles and red roses of Valentines 's Day cleared away , couples are again facing up to the grim realities of living together . |