Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think we should be setting up things like video libraries and that sort of thing to help our members , ’ he said . |
| 2 | the uniform agreement is that they should be graded up point seven five of a day . |
| 3 | Nor should you use any remedies of this type if a white , crystalline precipitate is visible in the bottle ; however tempting it might be to use up chemicals bought in the spring . |
| 4 | The other thing might be to ring up Borough Council cos they 've got offices in Caernarvon . |
| 5 | I think you might be mixing up Wetherall and Newsome . |
| 6 | Right I might be going up Parsons tomorrow or Wednesday I do n't know , so did you want anything up there ? |
| 7 | I says do you think you 'll be setting up home together next , he said I do n't know , maybe , it 's a big step is n't it ? |
| 8 | ‘ I can only assume they either think he 'll be too busy with other matters or that he 'll be stirring up trouble . |
| 9 | I must want my head tested sorting mail all day when I could be picking up wads of it on the lorries . ’ |
| 10 | So quite large areas of your spreadsheet could be using up memory unnecessarily . |
| 11 | It 's lucky I was sent here , to Hepzibah , or I 'd be pushing up daisies . |
| 12 | Also Mackie would be coming with us and we 'd be picking up Fiona . |
| 13 | Smokers may be storing up disease for their unborn children , according to the latest research . |
| 14 | The most likely outcome of such action would be to speed up privatisation of the service , since the Government could hardly empty the jails , and somebody would have to supervise the inmates . |
| 15 | It seems that there was a lukewarm response from Britain , where the feeling was that since a legitimate heir existed ( the Prince of the Asturias ) , the best solution would be to take up Napoleon III 's former proposal for a regency . |
| 16 | Some day , she supposed , Fen would be setting up home there with his girlfriend , and the less she knew about the interior of Chimneys the less material her jealous imagination would have to fester upon . |
| 17 | To hand the work over to elected local authorities covering an extensive area would be to set up bodies with a genuine degree of independence and power , and this is suspect . |
| 18 | what other types of folk would be coming up Glen Ayloch |
| 19 | In the next few days you will be briefed by your managers who will be picking up issues specific to your particular part of the organisation and who will act as feedback channels for your questions and concerns . |
| 20 | ‘ But it will be ringing up Order , ’ said Sacco . |
| 21 | Police nationwide will be setting up roadblocks to stop the killers transporting van loads of explosives at will . |
| 22 | But none of them will be giving up hope of the £102,000 top prize — and nor will Nick Faldo on 12 under and Seve Ballesteros on 11 under . |
| 23 | We pray for the next generation of ministers in the church and ask that you will be raising up men and women who are prepared to take pastoral responsibility for your people , as missionaries and as ministers . |
| 24 | CARNMONEY will be coming up roses at the weekend as the local Presbyterian Church hosts one of the biggest events in its social calendar . |