Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if you plan your planting , and especially if you are building up a garden from scratch , it pays to think in terms of shape , colour and texture , and then arrange the plants with these factors in mind . |
| 2 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 3 | PA are building up a definitive database of companies and contacts interested in ESPRIT CIME . |
| 4 | Here we reckon we are building up a specialisation in this aspect of human development . |
| 5 | They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library . |
| 6 | ‘ We need to consider how the economy of the West Bank can one day be integrated with that of the East Bank ’ , declared Jordan 's minister for the occupied territories , ‘ We are drawing up a West Bank five year development plan aimed at integrating what we do there with what we have here . |
| 7 | Customs are drawing up a paper to assist the Commission , in consultation with the Royal Yachting Association , the British Marine Industries Federation and others . |
| 8 | Well , she says that the boatmen and wharfers are drawing up a petition which they would like you to look at . |
| 9 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 10 | A few minutes later you are walking up a short wooden ladder , round the corner and you find a 200ft waterfall — bridges cross the torrent twice before you reach the top and continue along the path . |
| 11 | MOTORISTS in the North-East are snapping up a new device in the battle to beat car crime . |
| 12 | Things are looking up a bit at the moment . |
| 13 | I am saving up a full account until our return , for it is impossible for me to give it in writing . |
| 14 | Garden Management Group are to set up a small IT panel to monitor horticultural computing . |
| 15 | BEREAVED parents Roy and Linda Grainger are to set up a support group as a tribute to their little girl who lost her battle against brain cancer . |
| 16 | BEREAVED parents Roy and Linda Grainger are to set up a brain tumour association as a tribute to their little girl who lost her battle against cancer . |
| 17 | Because at the end of the day I mean they 're building up a a set of rules . |
| 18 | You 're building up a knowledge base , you 're not just building up lots of odd facts like you know , how many people live in China , or |
| 19 | and they 're building up a petition so he 's now got a office he 's had he 's had three offices |
| 20 | THE MEN 'S MOVEMENT NEEDS MORE THRUST , MORE GRASP , IF WE 'RE TO WHIP UP A STIFF FRONT TO MEET THE FEMINIST POSITION AND LAY THE GHOST OF LIMP WET LIBERALISM ! |
| 21 | Well we 're catching up a bit . |
| 22 | If you 're eighteen to twenty four years old and you 're bringing up a child on your own . |
| 23 | You 're using up a lot more disk space than you are memory space . |
| 24 | So they 're keeping up a mystery to stay even with us . |
| 25 | You 're opening up a whole new can of beans as to why he married this young kind of Lolita-ish girl . |
| 26 | In fact er just before I retired they were saying , you know , my job 's obsolete and that , and then and says oh we 're opening up a big depot in Japan . |
| 27 | We 're picking up a strange noise on the sonar . |
| 28 | You 're going up a ladder are you ? |
| 29 | Er I think I think probably they they 're going up a little bit later so |
| 30 | Now I accept that if you 're adding up a column of figures you ca n't say well it 's within a few thousand well that 'll do . |