Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were holding it up to the window . ’ |
| 2 | All down the corridor people were propping themselves up against the walls , or lying on the floor singly or in couples . |
| 3 | But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further . |
| 4 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 5 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 6 | Erm the erm the erm periodical men who used to come over harvest their job was to pitch it up in the field . |
| 7 | She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer . |
| 8 | ‘ I was to pick her up by the Souk Al-Gadira . ’ |
| 9 | Hands was pulling himself up among the sails now , the knife between his teeth . |
| 10 | ‘ How did you feel , ’ he said , ‘ when the monkey was holding you up on the roof ? ’ |
| 11 | Dad paid over the four shillings and while he was entering it up in the book said , ‘ Mr Priest , I was wondering if yer could give me permission to build a small wooden shed facing the house ? ’ |
| 12 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 13 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 14 | No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination . |
| 15 | He had made his right hand into a fist and was jabbing it up at the sky , feinting in the direction of the falling missile . |