Example sentences of "been [verb] up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The Carlists had been building up the paramilitary Requeté since the early days of the Republic and seriously preparing for a rising since 1934 . |
2 | They were always a big league band in the States , but it 's only in the last five years or so that they have been rising up the Euro league . |
3 | Once the communications parameters have been set up the whole process is very simple and , so far as is possible , completely error-free . |
4 | Born in nearby Berkeley , Renee had been brought up the hard way . |
5 | Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree . |
6 | I realized then that we 'd been barking up the wrong tree . ’ |