Example sentences of "has been [v-ing] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a while now the narrow house has been filling up with medical paraphernalia , with doctoring tackle . |
| 2 | How is he to measure it against ‘ Look before you leap ’ , ‘ Care for your parents ’ , and such other imperatives as he has been picking up on the way ? |
| 3 | The egg has been gleaming up at me , cold and slippery as an oyster , daring me to eat it . |
| 4 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 5 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 6 | During recent years , demand has been building up for greatly increased facilities for full-time substitute care . |
| 7 | However , although it is the ideal course of action for John — allowing him to take advantage of some of the excellent schemes around at the moment as well as releasing cash that has been building up in his home over the years — he should look out for excessive costs that a remortgage can incur . |
| 8 | The station has been converted to burn confiscated marijuana which has been piling up in the warehouses of the local police forces . |
| 9 | You can see the cloud that brought today 's snow has been feeding up into the country from northern France and it will continue to do so for at least the next day or so . |
| 10 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 11 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 12 | And somebody has been covering up for him — smoothing his footprints out of the mud , rubbing his fingerprints off the door handles . |
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| 14 | His main rival has been tuning up on Burford golf course . |
| 15 | Watchpoint : If you are in the right category , but your weight has been creeping up over the years , then it would be wise to reassess your eating habits . |
| 16 | ‘ Everyone , including the British Government , has been waking up to this horrific plight too late . |
| 17 | This , I suggest , is what has been happening up to now . ’ |