Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the street below the house with the dome people were pausing to look up at the arrows in the spike . |
| 2 | Class divisions hitherto non-existent or only latent in English society were beginning to open up as the Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions gained momentum , and popular unrest was in the air . |
| 3 | I was busy doing interviews , as the media were beginning to pick up on the story . |
| 4 | The blame fell on pollution ; not the clouds of smoke and occasional waves of sulphur dioxide which were known to drift up from the industrial valleys of the Ruhr and kill off the sensitive firs , but the more insidious long-term changes implied by acid rain . |
| 5 | There was talk of the whole station 's being moved into purpose-built accommodation some time in the future , but so far nothing definite had been arranged , so they were forced to put up with the cramped conditions and lack of amenities , like parking . |
| 6 | Local farmers , too , were forced to face up to the unpleasant fact that they could no longer compete with the Poles because of the low cost of Polish labour and the high Reich and Polish tariff barriers . |
| 7 | In particular , they do not include patients who died or were lost to follow up in the prolonged interval between treatment and the onset of symptoms . |
| 8 | How she was goin' to put up with the wee 'un 's fancy talk and fancy ways , she did n't know . |
| 9 | Sun was expected to line up alongside the rest of the takers , but did n't complete negotiations in time . |
| 10 | Even Mervyn , whose hands were flying across the keys of his accordion , was seen to gape up towards the thing dancing like a huge firefly in the dusk . |
| 11 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 12 | The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example . |
| 13 | The German Siemens was in a stronger position in several ways ; in addition to its computer and telecommunications equipment strengths , Siemens in the late 1980S was attempting to catch up with the vertically integrated Japanese electronics companies ; it was making a major chip effort , with use by the German car industry especially in mind . |
| 14 | ‘ He said he was going to drive up to the Spaniard 's for a drink . |
| 15 | It was n't just here and now , he was part of the past and he was going to sign up for the WEA history and archaeology classes . |
| 16 | did n't realize that half the family was going to end up on the dole did we ? |
| 17 | The City was beginning to wake up to the fact that the Labour movement , all told , had a great deal of money at its disposal — especially in the pension funds of Labour-controlled local authorities . |
| 18 | Traffic was beginning to build up on the main road which bypassed Axe , and the sound of one particular car engine could be heard , becoming steadily louder as it approached her part of the lane . |
| 19 | Since when he 'd left her alone again , and Dolly was having to put up with the April breeze . |
| 20 | She was having to face up to the confusion in her : that she was married to a man she loved but there was this ‘ Boy-in-the-box ’ . ’ |
| 21 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 22 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 23 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |
| 24 | One was lost to follow up before the three month cystoscopy , one died of cardiac failure before their three month cystoscopy and one important patient developed bilateral ureteric obstruction and underwent a cystectomy two months after entry into the study . |