Example sentences of "be [v-ing] up [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 2 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 3 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 4 | On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . |
| 5 | I had the odd George II and George III copper , but these were in the minority and it was the 17th century coinage that was popping up with some regularity . |