Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [am/are] [verb] up a " in BNC.

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1 The Conservatives are putting up a big fight .
2 The plants are trained up a string which is zig-zagged up and down to train it in one place .
3 Ready or not , the Poles are putting up a stalwart front , rushing ahead with the same heedless bravery with which their mounted cavalry charged the German tanks in World War II .
4 The police are putting up a smokescreen .
5 But the Tories are putting up a hard fight .
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