Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been picking up some bad vibes on that guy . |
| 2 | I 've been getting up three times . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been waking up all night every night covered in sweat , just the whole bed dripping in it . |
| 4 | They 've been brought up different way have n't they . |
| 5 | Oceans have been picking up soluble materials ( notably sodium chloride — salt ) from the land , for millions of years . |
| 6 | Other ones here , an anonymous call from Birmingham , I have been beaten up weekly by my ex-husband because he 's been told to pay more . |
| 7 | The vultures have been buying up other bonds likely to be similarly treated . |
| 8 | Previously , only trade in new horn was banned but , with a single horn fetching as much as £30,000 , Chinese dealers have been buying up big game trophies for export to the Far East . |
| 9 | Sixty-hour weeks have been chalked up several times ! |
| 10 | At least two whales believed to have been affected by sonar have been washed up dead on the beach at Abu Dhabi . |
| 11 | Welcome back : For hundreds of years people with more money than sense have been putting up strange buildings on their land that seem to have no point whatsoever . |
| 12 | Special recruitment drives have been organised , " model agreements " governing when and under what conditions temporary workers might be used , and " casual workers " charters ' have been drawn up Some unions , notably the electricians , have gone further , establishing local registers of ( otherwise ) unemployed members from which employers have to draw when filling the temporary positions enterprise level agreements have permitted them to create . |
| 13 | I have been brought up wrong . |