Example sentences of "[conj] be [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , so you would leave what I call this deadwood lying on your spreadsheet , cells that are using up memory , they 're not needed any more erm , on many people 's spreadsheets I 've discovered quite a lot of deadwood using up large amounts of memory , like in some people 's cases two-thirds of the memory used by the deadwood . |
| 2 | Dads that are bringing up families single handedly should n't be forgotten either . |
| 3 | After headlining at 1990 's Knebworth gig , Knopfler , having pronounced himself ‘ back in love with music ’ , began work on the songs that were to make up Straits ' latest offering , ‘ On Every Street ’ . |
| 4 | So to find out how much you pay for , how much actual energy has been used up , you think it , again going back to the water , if we have a big tank full of water and we 're using it up , this time in terms of power , erm if we have something that 's using up water at the rate of say six gallons a minute and someone 's going to charge you for your water . |
| 5 | There was no movement except for the tiny spider that was crawling up Nicky 's arm . |
| 6 | They 're relocating from the wilds of Kingston and are taking up residence in swinging Carnaby Street . |
| 7 | But interest in the work is running high , and Russian and Chinese teams have established contact with the Greeks and are drawing up plans to establish their own networks . |
| 8 | The modern team are on a losing streak and are propping up Division One . |
| 9 | Several of my old shipmates from earlier years were now established on the cutters and were building up reputations as excellent navigators , boat handlers or engineers , as well as hitting the headlines occasionally with notable seizures or rescues at sea . |
| 10 | The rough staves were usually imported from Scandinavia and were brought up river by barge . |
| 11 | As for the ideas of having reference to and being directed up oil , they too must be given sense consonant with the nature of the given contents and objects and the various modes of consciousness . |
| 12 | Jon Marchant , Granada 's sponsorship controller , was a principal negotiator on the PowerGen deal and is drawing up ITV 's plan to put next year 's World Cup sponsorship out to tender . |
| 13 | John White , the jockey who rode Esha Ness to victory in the void race , is trying to put the episode behind him and is taking up training in his native Ireland next season . |
| 14 | He had laid newspaper in front of the range and was putting up blackouts at the windows so that , but for the glow of embers in the fire , there was almost total darkness . |