Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During that ten second or less dash for the line they will actually be using up oxygen faster than their bodies can take it in . |
| 2 | So quite large areas of your spreadsheet could be using up memory unnecessarily . |
| 3 | If she had n't sulked with her father , fought like a cat with her mother , she would n't now be hanging up Frederick 's threadbare underpants on the drying frame in a tiny back lawn in Lilac Gardens , Tadley . |
| 4 | It 's lucky I was sent here , to Hepzibah , or I 'd be pushing up daisies . |
| 5 | Also Mackie would be coming with us and we 'd be picking up Fiona . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Owen , ‘ I think it will soon be picking up momentum . ’ |
| 7 | In the next few days you will be briefed by your managers who will be picking up issues specific to your particular part of the organisation and who will act as feedback channels for your questions and concerns . |
| 8 | I must want my head tested sorting mail all day when I could be picking up wads of it on the lorries . ’ |
| 9 | He wo n't just be pumping up muscles all the time . |
| 10 | She said , ‘ We 'll all be pulling up sticks about the same time , then ! |
| 11 | Right I might be going up Parsons tomorrow or Wednesday I do n't know , so did you want anything up there ? |
| 12 | He was clever in a bubbling , sideways way that Masklin distrusted ; he always seemed to be bottling up excitement about something , and when he spoke the words always rushed out , with Nisodemus putting ‘ ums ’ in the flow of words so that he could catch his breath without anyone having the chance to interrupt him . |
| 13 | There is no use in telling me I shall soon be running up mountains . |
| 14 | But none of them will be giving up hope of the £102,000 top prize — and nor will Nick Faldo on 12 under and Seve Ballesteros on 11 under . |
| 15 | CARNMONEY will be coming up roses at the weekend as the local Presbyterian Church hosts one of the biggest events in its social calendar . |
| 16 | what other types of folk would be coming up Glen Ayloch |
| 17 | I think you might be mixing up Wetherall and Newsome . |
| 18 | ‘ I can only assume they either think he 'll be too busy with other matters or that he 'll be stirring up trouble . |
| 19 | He was shut away in sanctuary with the female members of his family , whilst the king his brother and , as he told himself , every other male of importance in the realm , would shortly be taking up residence in the Tower . |
| 20 | We are also establishing a regional presence in the Middle East and Graham Hillier is soon to be taking up residence in Dubai to promote our activities in this region . |
| 21 | The NCC says that , ‘ unnecessary inputs of fertilisers and pesticides … can in the long run be storing up trouble for the future … ’ |
| 22 | Smokers may be storing up disease for their unborn children , according to the latest research . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd only be storing up grief for ourselves . ’ |
| 24 | In particular two small groups of vigilantes wearing diversely blazoned combat fatigues seemed to be sizing up Jaq 's trio , either with a view to offering their services or with less savoury intent . |
| 25 | ‘ I think we should be setting up things like video libraries and that sort of thing to help our members , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Some day , she supposed , Fen would be setting up home there with his girlfriend , and the less she knew about the interior of Chimneys the less material her jealous imagination would have to fester upon . |
| 27 | It is , as my colleague in the Establishment Division remarked , shaking his head sagely , when I made application to him , ‘ a difficult time to be setting up home ’ . |
| 28 | I says do you think you 'll be setting up home together next , he said I do n't know , maybe , it 's a big step is n't it ? |
| 29 | MOSCOW ( Reuter ) — Armed insurgents were reported yesterday to be setting up camps in the hilly terrain of Nagorny Karabakh as tensions between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |
| 30 | Police nationwide will be setting up roadblocks to stop the killers transporting van loads of explosives at will . |