Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [v-ing] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 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 . |