Example sentences of "[coord] be [v-ing] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library . |
| 2 | ‘ We have sent those guidelines to the other two trusts and are setting up a work party involving all three trusts to improve the way we deal with those cases and improve communications . ’ |
| 3 | Many of the biggest companies are refusing to take on new clients with such cars , and are jacking up the premiums on existing business . |
| 4 | The trio scored 6/6 between them in rounds seven and eight and are carving up the rest of the field , none of whom has more than 50 per cent . |
| 5 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
| 6 | At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail . |
| 7 | However , the company is still hauling 750,000 tonnes of potash each year from seams deep under the North Sea and is building up an increasing export market . |
| 8 | He 's finalising the documentation for a private bid , and is putting up the cash himself … |
| 9 | She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming . |
| 10 | I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street . |
| 11 | He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone . |
| 12 | He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him . |
| 13 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
| 14 | Jim had left , moved on to London and was heading up a new Rapid Response Unit there in connection with HEMS , the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service . |
| 15 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |