Example sentences of "has been [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Civil war has been eating up the country for five years . |
| 2 | While Dixton House has been lapping up the attention , his jockey , Tom Morgan , has been having a hard time . |
| 3 | The judge has been summing up the case against Harper and the jury will consider the case against him tomorrow . |
| 4 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 5 | The Project 's approach has been to build up the confidence and self-awareness of different groups to a stage where contact and co-operation among them will be facilitated . |
| 6 | The latest entry , Quarterdeck with the long-awaited Desqview/X , however , has been stirring up the market with some high profile selling , backed by a positive reception from the industry . |
| 7 | This view shows the station still under construction and it will be seen that a temporary track has been laid up the ramp to Infirmary Road to enable materials to be offloaded . |
| 8 | Bull Worldwide Telco has been set up the ‘ better to co-ordinate Bull 's telco strategy and solutions , and to develop new group skills and expertise within the domain . ’ |
| 9 | Say they just going for a walk , yeah , and you come across this , say this young kid has been climbing up the trees and hurt his leg , you 're the only person around , so you , you 've got to get help yeah , cos he 's losing a lot of blood , but you 've got to stop his blood same time as you 've got to get help , yeah , so what 's the priority , you just stay |