Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] up [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A year ago father went to Brittany ; he 'd been saving up for years and he went on a nine-day excursion . |
| 2 | I 've been reading up on brochs , but when you 're actually there it 's really just the setting that 's so marvellous , and trying to imagine the sort of life they lived . ’ |
| 3 | For the province 's future Olympic hopefuls have been brushing up on skills both on and off the sports fields . |
| 4 | It serves 38 million vending cups a year , most of which have been ending up in bins . |
| 5 | Hundreds of dead dolphins have been washing up on shores in the Mediterranean recently , leaving scientists puzzled as to the cause . |