Example sentences of "up and [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several minor deities had drifted up and were kibitzing over the shoulders of the players . |
| 2 | Paving stones stood up and were drawn into the new building . |
| 3 | The mining equipment had powered up and was descending into the depths of the shaft . |
| 4 | I picked one of them up and was struck to the heart , for it was obvious that he had been writing a lot of poetry , all of it , so it seemed to me , very good . |
| 5 | The Doctor had stood up and was pacing around the room . |
| 6 | He had tried to give up and was going over the problems he 'd come across and continued : |
| 7 | A draft law regulating the export of works of art has already been drawn up and was put before the Supreme Soviet of Russia on 10 September . |