Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our intention was to fly low level VFR into French airspace , climb onto airways VFR , then , as we were expecting to catch up a cold front around Limoges , refile IFR and continue to our destination expecting an IFR approach with a reported cloud base of 600 to 800 ft . |
| 2 | Some sailors were trying to put up a small sail , but the wind blew it out of their hands , away across the sea into the night . |
| 3 | The press were trying to build up a great rivalry between Ben and me , especially as I had never raced him . |
| 4 | Erm Richard you were trying to break up a big lump of snow yesterday were n't you ? |
| 5 | ‘ And anyway , Marius said this boy was coming over and he was going to draw up a new will , and would we witness it ? … ’ |
| 6 | Ante Markovic , the President of the Federal Executive Council ( federal Prime Minister ) and one of Yugoslavia 's most popular politicians , announced on May 25 that he was planning to set up a new political party based around his government team and with a programme of Western-style economic and political reforms , to contest multiparty elections to the Federal Assembly expected before the end of 1990 . |