Example sentences of "they [am/are] [verb] up a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 2 | At the company 's headquarters in the appropriately named Paradise Road in Richmond , they are chalking up a sale every two seconds . |
| 3 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For the future of course , we have now erm negotiated with Eurofighter a rather better arrangement , they 're setting up a joint team , they 're trying to do all the work in one place and they really are now making a lot of progress . |
| 6 | ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’ |
| 7 | Because at the end of the day I mean they 're building up a a set of rules . |
| 8 | and they 're building up a petition so he 's now got a office he 's had he 's had three offices |
| 9 | So they 're keeping up a mystery to stay even with us . |
| 10 | Perhaps they 're starting up a fountain . |
| 11 | I think , we have got all these seeds though in the greenhouse , and they 're coming up a treat ! |
| 12 | Er I think I think probably they they 're going up a little bit later so |
| 13 | What a lot of people are doing is they 're not putting up rails but they 're putting up a erm a border halfway up are n't they , or just not quite halfway up the wall . |
| 14 | 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 |