Example sentences of "be [v-ing] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is not to block them out or pretend that they never happened — indeed you would be building up a store of problems for the future If you did so — but to prevent them forming part of your future . |
| 2 | But you will be building up a useful nest egg and wo n't have to pay either capital gains or income tax on the money you get back . |
| 3 | We do know however that , with perseverance , every day can produce some success and that , by continuing to work one day at a time , we will be building up a very solid basis for renewed confidence and further achievement . |
| 4 | In the meantime , the band themselves will be pressing up a limited edition single in December for their two Irish dates in Dublin and Belfast . |
| 5 | And if Liz does steer the fastest line , she 'll be keeping up a recent Oxford tradition . |
| 6 | ( 6 ) Hilton Mining ( Harvard OTC ) " Between ourselves , somebody may be picking up a huge stake in this company . |
| 7 | It is possible , of course , to imagine that the first of these sentences describes one event and the second describes another , quite unrelated , event ( so the person identified as ‘ a mother ’ may be picking up a chair in the course of cleaning a room ) . |
| 8 | Furthermore , they suggest that some researchers who have reported correlations between emotional support and health in the absence of life events might in fact be picking up a correlation between chronic strain and support . |
| 9 | Whatever the critics say it seems a lot of people will be picking up a copy just to see what might have happened to the De Winters . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to do well for the club but I seem to be heading up a blind alley and maybe a move is the only solution . |
| 11 | Pundits reckon that Rocco Forte — boss of the Little Chef to Happy Eater chain — could be lining up a takeover for the prestigious London group and the price of the Savoy ‘ A ’ shares rocketed from 633p to 710p , before closing at £7 . |
| 12 | The hire car would be running up a heavy bill , but apart from the advance that he 'd had to hand over Forester had no intention of paying it . |
| 13 | I should be running up a flag to celebrate her going , not behaving like a weak boy myself . |
| 14 | After the race they seemed to be coming up a little more , and by the time we arrived back in Britain I was covered in them . |
| 15 | ‘ Yeah , the morning will be sunny , the afternoon will be coming up a storm . |
| 16 | This one seems to be perking up a bit , . |
| 17 | Well anyway she reckons he 'll be starting up a business afterwards . |
| 18 | In effect , the videoconferencer will be dialling up a video call in much the same way as an ordinary telephone call . |
| 19 | I just wanted to let you know that in February , wo n't be hiding behind an OHP , erm I 'll be taking up a post with the European Commission , working with Aids services throughout Europe . |
| 20 | One minute she 'd be putting up a good case for one course of action , then produce an equally convincing rebuttal . |
| 21 | seems to be making up a bit . |
| 22 | Lemmings Bungee Club , a commercial venture which organises charity jumps , will be setting up a 150ft crane at Kings nightclub , Copford , on May 16 ready for anyone daring enough to throw themselves off . |
| 23 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |
| 24 | Do not miss the Felice Varini exhibition at the Jennifer Flay gallery , now in its last few days ( closing 7 June ) ; Varini is followed by the American Karen Kilimnik , who will be setting up a large installation . |
| 25 | Hopefully , early next year we will be setting up a network of reporters from all WGEC locations to make sure that all your news gets reported . |
| 26 | We will therefore be setting up a short-life , intensive research project to look at over-assessment , both to identity good practice and to review and reiterate work already done ( for example , in the Innovative Approaches to Assessment Project reported in Update 11 ) . |
| 27 | In the next few months , with British taxpayers ' money , we shall be setting up a national drugs intelligence unit in Czechoslovakia to try to intercept drugs coming overland . |
| 28 | In a cautiously worded announcement on May 29 Afewerki said that the EPLF would be setting up a provisional administration for Eritrea , but that this did not constitute a unilateral declaration of independence . |
| 29 | A company which claims to train a third of all motorcyclists in the country could be setting up a school at Langbaurgh 's Wheelbase complex at South Bank after winning council support . |
| 30 | No I asked her to start but that 's all , and I kept that in the meant to be setting up a place in the posh area but they got ta have |