Example sentences of "be [v-ing] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'll be bringing up the squares at any minute . |
| 2 | What you 'll find , you 'll find in here that it 'll just be picking up the budgies mainly . |
| 3 | This time he seems to be picking up the signals of some approaching hostility towards him . |
| 4 | I can see that you 'll soon be picking up the reins . |
| 5 | When the time of Hasan 's Occultation came , they would , presumably , be swarming up the drainpipes waving scimitars and carrying on like a thwarted group of reporters from the Sun . |
| 6 | See you might even be starting up the classes . |
| 7 | MOST self-respecting museum directors will now be counting up the takings from the holiday season . |
| 8 | Litter Pick On Saturday 3rd April we will be tidying up the roads and open spaces around the village . |
| 9 | sort of , to put it , I 'm gon na be is that as from tomorrow we will have identified what erm desking and so on will be moved during the reorganization erm , and obviously any of the desking that is n't gon na be moved until the organization , we 'll be tidying up the cables . |
| 10 | Instead , I 'll be taking up the ideas of Mr. Peter A. Fletcher and others for some more modern rock'n'roll and country licks . |
| 11 | IT MAY be creeping up the ratings but as far as Britain 's teenagers are concerned , Eldorado is the pits . |
| 12 | ‘ If we do n't do something extremely soon , ’ said Caspar , who was watching the giants furtively , ‘ they 'll be heating up the squares any minute . ’ |