Example sentences of "be [verb] up the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
| 2 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 3 | The US is buying up the salmon fishing rights of Greenland 's fishing industry in an attempt to restore the salmon population of its own rivers . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's sawn up the logs. , |
| 5 | A sample of 50 schools was drawn up the Statistics Division of SOED ( one in eight of all Scottish secondaries ) giving broad representation of Scottish secondaries in general , in terms of size , geographic location , denominational status and percentages of pupils entitled to free school meals . |