Example sentences of "be [v-ing] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is not to block them out or pretend that they never happened — indeed you would be building up a store of problems for the future If you did so — but to prevent them forming part of your future . |
| 2 | This is because both syntactic and semantic constraints affect the speed of word recognition even fairly early on in a clause , and , for this to happen , a listener must be building up an analysis of both aspects while proceeding through the clause . |
| 3 | He knew that the howling wind would be whipping up the downfall into deep drifts on the exposed high moor . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'll be bringing up the squares at any minute . |
| 5 | But if they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction about being happily married — a second honeymoon , indeed ! — then it was going to look a bit odd , if not downright peculiar , if he did n't spend his nights here in the cottage . |
| 6 | You could be opening up the way to new prosperity . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they suggest that some researchers who have reported correlations between emotional support and health in the absence of life events might in fact be picking up a correlation between chronic strain and support . |
| 8 | It is possible , of course , to imagine that the first of these sentences describes one event and the second describes another , quite unrelated , event ( so the person identified as ‘ a mother ’ may be picking up a chair in the course of cleaning a room ) . |
| 9 | ‘ You wo n't be paying for inappropriate placements and you wo n't be picking up the bill for carers later . |
| 10 | This time he seems to be picking up the signals of some approaching hostility towards him . |
| 11 | Pundits reckon that Rocco Forte — boss of the Little Chef to Happy Eater chain — could be lining up a takeover for the prestigious London group and the price of the Savoy ‘ A ’ shares rocketed from 633p to 710p , before closing at £7 . |
| 12 | And she knew that her male colleagues would be propping up the bar of a public house , by eleven o'clock . |
| 13 | MOST self-respecting museum directors will now be counting up the takings from the holiday season . |
| 14 | I just wanted to let you know that in February , wo n't be hiding behind an OHP , erm I 'll be taking up a post with the European Commission , working with Aids services throughout Europe . |
| 15 | Instead , I 'll be taking up the ideas of Mr. Peter A. Fletcher and others for some more modern rock'n'roll and country licks . |
| 16 | Nigel Sears will be taking up the role as permanent coach to the Cellnet Challenger Squad , whilst John Paish will be working with the Achiever Squad . |
| 17 | The company had also trimmed £46,000 from its advertising budget , and would be putting up the price of cards from 20p to 25p . |
| 18 | A company which claims to train a third of all motorcyclists in the country could be setting up a school at Langbaurgh 's Wheelbase complex at South Bank after winning council support . |
| 19 | Hopefully , early next year we will be setting up a network of reporters from all WGEC locations to make sure that all your news gets reported . |
| 20 | No I asked her to start but that 's all , and I kept that in the meant to be setting up a place in the posh area but they got ta have |
| 21 | In about two or three weeks they 're gon na be digging up every inch of pavement and every inch they can get their hands on . |