Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [v-ing] up [prep] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Troubles had been piling up in recent months as the owners struggled to restore the house 's reputation . |
2 | But yields on long-term bonds have been edging up since the middle of March , a sign that investors expect inflation to rise . |
3 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |
4 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
5 | Welcome back:Thousands of new Oxford students have been signing up for anything from scuba diving to tiddlywinks , in this year 's freshers ' fair . |
6 | Later generations of women have been catching up with their male contemporaries as far as the acquisition of paper qualifications is concerned . |
7 | The shift , if that 's what it is , mirrors the way shipments have been shaping up during the three months since they started . |
8 | Over the past few years galleries have been springing up in Berlin 's Fasanenstrasse and its surrounding district , making it the ideal starting point for a gallery tour . |
9 | Hundreds of dead dolphins have been washing up on shores in the Mediterranean recently , leaving scientists puzzled as to the cause . |
10 | For the province 's future Olympic hopefuls have been brushing up on skills both on and off the sports fields . |