Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training . |
| 2 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 4 | The staff and students are quickly getting to know each other and are shaping up into a hardworking and enthusiastic team . |
| 5 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | Fortunately , some experience had been building up on the European continent , in Holland in particular , with DMUs which had very reliable and cost-effective engines and transmissions . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The two of them had been at daggers drawn ever since 1183 , and in recent months , as incident followed incident , tension had been building up to a new peak . |
| 10 | With the tent flap closed , the heat had been building up under the canvas . |
| 11 | ‘ It was heat-of-the-moment stuff but it 's been building up over a little while . |
| 12 | Towards the end of the 19th century , a crisis had been building up over the names of organic compounds . |
| 13 | While his loving note helped to sooth her misgivings , it was difficult to control the inner turmoil which had been building up over the months . |
| 14 | These were Wilson and Castle 's response to the ‘ unofficial strike problem ’ which had been building up over the '60s but had acquired particular prominence in 1968 with the publication of the Donovan Commission 's report . |
| 15 | For Alfred Watkins , it was not a sudden flash of inspiration from the beyond but something which had been building up within the deeper levels of his being throughout a lifetime of contact with his native countryside . |
| 16 | Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon . |
| 17 | It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy . |
| 18 | The pressure — it 's been building up like a head of steam … ’ |
| 19 | The shift , if that 's what it is , mirrors the way shipments have been shaping up during the three months since they started . |
| 20 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 21 | Bookmakers Ladbrokes are catching up with the odds on races on four wheels instead of four legs and offering odds on Senna ( 11–8 ) and Prost ( 7–4 ) for the world championship during the week the cars were being loaded for the opening grand prix in Phoenix . |
| 22 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 23 | New opportunities are opening up in the near future which you must be calm enough to accept . |
| 24 | Now that new possibilities are opening up in the Balkans , they will modify this . |
| 25 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 26 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 27 | They are mopping up in a southerly direction . |
| 28 | TEENAGE girls are ending up with the bones of old women because of eating disorders which are producing ‘ horrifying results ’ , a doctor said yesterday . |
| 29 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
| 30 | It is also particularly difficult to discover your place in a speech after you have been looking up at the audience . |