Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 2 | Here we reckon we are building up a specialisation in this aspect of human development . |
| 3 | They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library . |
| 4 | But , if you plan your planting , and especially if you are building up a garden from scratch , it pays to think in terms of shape , colour and texture , and then arrange the plants with these factors in mind . |
| 5 | ‘ We need to consider how the economy of the West Bank can one day be integrated with that of the East Bank ’ , declared Jordan 's minister for the occupied territories , ‘ We are drawing up a West Bank five year development plan aimed at integrating what we do there with what we have here . |
| 6 | Well , she says that the boatmen and wharfers are drawing up a petition which they would like you to look at . |
| 7 | Customs are drawing up a paper to assist the Commission , in consultation with the Royal Yachting Association , the British Marine Industries Federation and others . |
| 8 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 9 | Things are looking up a bit at the moment . |
| 10 | You 're building up a knowledge base , you 're not just building up lots of odd facts like you know , how many people live in China , or |
| 11 | and they 're building up a petition so he 's now got a office he 's had he 's had three offices |
| 12 | Well we 're catching up a bit . |
| 13 | If you 're eighteen to twenty four years old and you 're bringing up a child on your own . |
| 14 | You 're using up a lot more disk space than you are memory space . |
| 15 | So they 're keeping up a mystery to stay even with us . |
| 16 | You 're going up a ladder are you ? |
| 17 | Now I accept that if you 're adding up a column of figures you ca n't say well it 's within a few thousand well that 'll do . |
| 18 | ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps they 're starting up a fountain . |
| 20 | I think , we have got all these seeds though in the greenhouse , and they 're coming up a treat ! |
| 21 | Its the , its for the Oxford English Dictionary , its erm , what they 're doing is they 're making up a Dictionary for just using everyday collocation and they |
| 22 | My poor little blind garden , what 's left of it , just up over here , near the top gate — and — ’ she turned in the opposite direction ’ — down by the river , in the old primary school building , which is in fairly good nick , they 're setting up a field study centre , and strips of land for school gardens . |
| 23 | You 're setting up a place for people to live and conduct their business , and the people most able to do that are the gipsies themselves . |
| 24 | Yeah , we 're talking about children who you know thirteen , fourteen , fifteen , which are growing up a bit , but we get them altered and we get them made for them , we used to get them made and er still do I think . |
| 25 | NORTH-East fight rivals Billy Hardy and John Davison are lining up a bonanza £100,000 pay night … against each other ! |
| 26 | And anyway , Jersey 's barely overseas and I 'm giving up a day 's holiday here . ’ |
| 27 | If we are making up a play about the " Keeper of the Keys " , why do you think that neither of them can see ? |
| 28 | The police are putting up a smokescreen . |
| 29 | By 4 January 1927 , the full force of Nizan 's anger , repressed for so many years , could no longer be held in check : The effect of the solitude at Aden is that I am storing up a violence that was unknown to me … |
| 30 | I am setting up a 36″ × 12″ × 18″ tank , in which I hope to keep Clown Fish , a Yellow Tang , a Regal Tang , a Hawk Fish , a Fire Goby and a Cleaner Shrimp . |