Example sentences of "[was/were] build up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A helpful northerly breeze was filling the sails , so that they were building up gentle speed across the waters of the bay . |
| 2 | The flowers were built up next , starting with the biggest , which were the bright red roses ‘ Eyepaint ’ and ‘ Robin Redbreast ’ . |
| 3 | By 1921 indeed frustration with coalition was building up such a head of steam as seriously to threaten its future . |
| 4 | The fire was built up higher than usual to guide them back to the camp , but also , Riven thought , because they were imagining the packs of grypesh coming after them out of the heights of the hills . |
| 5 | In fact Well there was Craighead was it was built up high on the hill side . |
| 6 | On the fist occasion , the effect was to build up worrying inflationary pressures ; on the second , it was to create more bankruptcies , higher unemployment , lower investment ( thus higher unit costs ) and , arguably — with a persistent tendency for wage costs to continue to rise — higher , not lower , inflation . |