Example sentences of "to be [verb] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if it is ‘ blown ’ , for example on a tax-cut-financed consumer boom , can the government be said to be piling up financial trouble for future governments . |
| 2 | They seem to be buying up half Europe … ’ |
| 3 | I , you know , usually for the hundred tonight I meant to be served up one packet and that means Wednesday buying |
| 4 | We had , we had to conservative speakers so far , erm , and Councillor Brock seem to me , in a sense to be summing up that phrase about knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing , because there was the the the es essential arithmetical calculation about percentages , and savings . |
| 5 | Flying out of the stalls , Lucky Parkes made all , needing only to be shaken up two furlongs out to beat Sir Harry Hardman six lengths . |
| 6 | Flying out of the stalls , Lucky Parkes made all , needing only to be shaken up two furlongs out to beat Sir Harry Hardman six lengths . |
| 7 | I did n't have to think ‘ Well , if I put that dress on I 'll only get it dirty because the baby will be sick over me ’ — to be dressed up all day and feel you can be clean and only have nice jobs to do and always be with people … |
| 8 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |
| 9 | ‘ The horses do n't need to be lined up military fashion waiting for the cavalry charge , ’ added Mr Green , who has seen every National live since 1946 . |
| 10 | Patients , to Aline , were fascinating mental problems to be picked up each time one walked on duty and put down directly one walked out of the ward . |
| 11 | There was an endless pause , as Roman seemed to be weighing up this piece of sheer bravado . |
| 12 | Where do you think that more money needs to be spent ? erm well , the government are in the process of launching a massive new initiative called Care in the Community erm I 'm afraid a lot of people working in my neck of the woods find this rather well not amusing , but erm it 's slightly hysterically amusing , because the amount of money that would be needed to fund the projects that are identified as being necessary is enormous , and the government is in no way going to be putting up that sort of funds erm so it comes down to money , and particularly in this community care area . |