Example sentences of "[been] [verb] up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Carlists had been building up the paramilitary Requeté since the early days of the Republic and seriously preparing for a rising since 1934 .
2 They were always a big league band in the States , but it 's only in the last five years or so that they have been rising up the Euro league .
3 Once the communications parameters have been set up the whole process is very simple and , so far as is possible , completely error-free .
4 Born in nearby Berkeley , Renee had been brought up the hard way .
5 Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree .
6 I realized then that we 'd been barking up the wrong tree . ’
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