Example sentences of "been building up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toleration as wide-ranging as this would not have been acceptable in England , where hostility to Roman Catholicism had been building up for seventy years since Mary Tudor 's attempt to wipe out Protestantism . |
| 2 | During recent years , demand has been building up for greatly increased facilities for full-time substitute care . |
| 3 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 5 | Fortunately , some experience had been building up on the European continent , in Holland in particular , with DMUs which had very reliable and cost-effective engines and transmissions . |
| 6 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 7 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 8 | Production had been building up at Courtaulds ' $85 million plant near Mobile , Alabama , since June , 1992 . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's been building up to this . |
| 10 | After behaving with notable restraint during the election , she had been building up to this . |
| 11 | The two of them had been at daggers drawn ever since 1183 , and in recent months , as incident followed incident , tension had been building up to a new peak . |
| 12 | With the tent flap closed , the heat had been building up under the canvas . |
| 13 | Towards the end of the 19th century , a crisis had been building up over the names of organic compounds . |
| 14 | ‘ It was heat-of-the-moment stuff but it 's been building up over a little while . |
| 15 | While his loving note helped to sooth her misgivings , it was difficult to control the inner turmoil which had been building up over the months . |
| 16 | These were Wilson and Castle 's response to the ‘ unofficial strike problem ’ which had been building up over the '60s but had acquired particular prominence in 1968 with the publication of the Donovan Commission 's report . |
| 17 | Something approaching a personal crisis had been building up since Nietzsche 's return from the unforgettable distress of war . |
| 18 | The tension which had been building up since 7am when the 400 demonstrators began gathering , boiled over as the buses arrived two hours late . |
| 19 | In fact , such series have been building up around us gradually , until they have now become a major part of the market . |
| 20 | For Alfred Watkins , it was not a sudden flash of inspiration from the beyond but something which had been building up within the deeper levels of his being throughout a lifetime of contact with his native countryside . |
| 21 | Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon . |
| 22 | that he finally gave way to the tears that had been building up inside him since Michael 's visit . |
| 23 | ‘ The thing is , it 's been building up inside me for weeks . |
| 24 | It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy . |
| 25 | However , although it is the ideal course of action for John — allowing him to take advantage of some of the excellent schemes around at the moment as well as releasing cash that has been building up in his home over the years — he should look out for excessive costs that a remortgage can incur . |
| 26 | The pressure — it 's been building up like a head of steam … ’ |
| 27 | Cos they 've been building up like that and they 're bound to fall down . |