Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 2 | Fortunately , some experience had been building up on the European continent , in Holland in particular , with DMUs which had very reliable and cost-effective engines and transmissions . |
| 3 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 4 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 5 | With the tent flap closed , the heat had been building up under the canvas . |
| 6 | Towards the end of the 19th century , a crisis had been building up over the names of organic compounds . |
| 7 | While his loving note helped to sooth her misgivings , it was difficult to control the inner turmoil which had been building up over the months . |
| 8 | These were Wilson and Castle 's response to the ‘ unofficial strike problem ’ which had been building up over the '60s but had acquired particular prominence in 1968 with the publication of the Donovan Commission 's report . |
| 9 | For Alfred Watkins , it was not a sudden flash of inspiration from the beyond but something which had been building up within the deeper levels of his being throughout a lifetime of contact with his native countryside . |
| 10 | Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon . |
| 11 | It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy . |
| 12 | The shift , if that 's what it is , mirrors the way shipments have been shaping up during the three months since they started . |
| 13 | Bookmakers Ladbrokes are catching up with the odds on races on four wheels instead of four legs and offering odds on Senna ( 11–8 ) and Prost ( 7–4 ) for the world championship during the week the cars were being loaded for the opening grand prix in Phoenix . |
| 14 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 15 | New opportunities are opening up in the near future which you must be calm enough to accept . |
| 16 | Now that new possibilities are opening up in the Balkans , they will modify this . |
| 17 | TEENAGE girls are ending up with the bones of old women because of eating disorders which are producing ‘ horrifying results ’ , a doctor said yesterday . |
| 18 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
| 19 | It is also particularly difficult to discover your place in a speech after you have been looking up at the audience . |
| 20 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 21 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 22 | How is he to measure it against ‘ Look before you leap ’ , ‘ Care for your parents ’ , and such other imperatives as he has been picking up on the way ? |
| 23 | Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public . |
| 24 | They 're just doing us out of money that we 've been saving up over the years . |
| 25 | But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour . |
| 26 | Well I mean , if you bought them and then you 're building up during the year , but you know , we can always have them for |
| 27 | It enables your staff to know themselves how well they 're doing their job , and if they 're keeping up to the mark . |
| 28 | But while you 're keeping up with the latest ‘ squirrel-proof ’ bird feeders and designer nest-boxes , do keep a critical eye open , too . |
| 29 | So that you 're keeping up with the fractions . |
| 30 | Cos you know , you you 're cracking up with the noise , it 's quite easy to er shake your three year old or your |