Example sentences of "be [v-ing] up [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 2 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 3 | AS world leaders journey to Rio for the Earth Summit meeting , a gathering at Middlesbrough 's St Mary 's Centre will be facing up to some of the issues confronting world leaders in Brazil . |
| 4 | Well it 's funny because erm , when we saw Ken the other day he was saying that erm his niece rang him up and erm she 's er she 's gon na be in Crewe this weekend for a friend 's wedding and , I think she must be coming up with some , some other girl as well , because the two of them , he said , I 'm taking two young ladies out on Sunday for lunch where 's a good place for a Sunday lunch you see ? |
| 5 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 6 | On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . |
| 7 | Entry was eight pounds today or four pounds for O A Ps and young people , Tufnell comes in now , past John Hampshire , and that one slightly faster one and edge away and was fielded by a falling Lewis at that backward point position , both in there let slip and er I do n't think any of the batsmen , I think er not happy at all against Tufnell , er in , remember his very good figures at the Oval and now he 's following up with some very steady bowling here , with the pitch does help him . |
| 8 | I had the odd George II and George III copper , but these were in the minority and it was the 17th century coinage that was popping up with some regularity . |