Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] up to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bar chart , built up as you go , shows you how you are keeping up to programme and teaches you about the idiosyncrasies of bar charts ! |
| 2 | Erm , so , erm , so I 'll see you soon , and you 're going up to bed now I hear are n't you ? |
| 3 | ‘ We 're going up to hospitality for a while . |
| 4 | Well we 're going up to unit again . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're going to Number Four , Justin , and you 're moving up to Number Two , Mike . |
| 6 | And then you 're flying up to Stone Haven |
| 7 | Now , do n't forget we 're coming up to winter , we have the cold winds , we have the rain , if you 're not wearing a moisturizer the skin will suffer . |
| 8 | We 're coming up to Christmas of course and that was touched on yesterday how much people spend at Christmas . |
| 9 | and they do some singing and everything and also they give out the bibles to those that are going up to school |
| 10 | THE FATHER OF WIMBLEDON COMMON MURDER VICTIM TELLS HOW HER FAMILY ARE FACING UP TO LIFE WITHOUT HER |
| 11 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 12 | We have both got arthritis in our hands and both our husbands are coming up to retirement age . |
| 13 | ‘ Yow can turn yer tap off , I 'm going up to bed and you , Katie , better get off too , ’ he said , handing me a saucer with a stub of candle on it . |
| 14 | I 'm going up to reception . |