Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To that end he is setting up a working group to advise on how to make agricultural legislation less heavy and more rational . |
| 2 | This time he 's a cyclist he 's a racing cyclist and he 's keeping up a steady twenty . |
| 3 | In the east his men were in position , awaiting only his order to attack the Plantations , while to the west he was building up a new shape seeking new allies among the elite of City North America . |
| 4 | He was zipping up a small brown suitcase which he placed under the table he was standing at , next to another one . |
| 5 | He was running up a huge bill on his credit card , and he was getting nowhere . |