Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] up [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh he 's , he seems to be grown up all of a sudden |
| 2 | They seem to be buying up half Europe … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If someone shot that other dog , ’ said Lee , ‘ Caspar would n't have to be locked up all the time . ’ |
| 4 | We had , we had to conservative speakers so far , erm , and Councillor Brock seem to me , in a sense to be summing up that phrase about knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing , because there was the the the es essential arithmetical calculation about percentages , and savings . |
| 5 | I seemed to be taking up more than my share of the space , and the grief was bad again . |
| 6 | But if er if it all going to one side I think it 's going to be take up half the window wo n't it . |
| 7 | I did n't have to think ‘ Well , if I put that dress on I 'll only get it dirty because the baby will be sick over me ’ — to be dressed up all day and feel you can be clean and only have nice jobs to do and always be with people … |
| 8 | Patients , to Aline , were fascinating mental problems to be picked up each time one walked on duty and put down directly one walked out of the ward . |
| 9 | Indeed , as number one player the market , St Louis Park , Minnesota-based Digiboard Inc , seems to be revelling in the disarray — it claims to be mopping up many of Computone and Specialix 's European deals . |
| 10 | There was an endless pause , as Roman seemed to be weighing up this piece of sheer bravado . |
| 11 | Where do you think that more money needs to be spent ? erm well , the government are in the process of launching a massive new initiative called Care in the Community erm I 'm afraid a lot of people working in my neck of the woods find this rather well not amusing , but erm it 's slightly hysterically amusing , because the amount of money that would be needed to fund the projects that are identified as being necessary is enormous , and the government is in no way going to be putting up that sort of funds erm so it comes down to money , and particularly in this community care area . |
| 12 | We go straight down and straight back and the only thing we stop for is to pick up some women at Beni Suef ! ’ |