Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 2 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 3 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 4 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 5 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 6 | He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions . |
| 7 | He was drawing up outside the hall when he thought of Graham Young . |
| 8 | By day 22 he was getting up at the ‘ correct ’ time ( that is , his morning and real morning coincided ) , but had lost a whole day . |
| 9 | During the sittings , he was always in good spirits ; and as long as you did not try to glimpse what he was putting up on the canvas , he would dilate on any subject that took his fancy . |
| 10 | Ronnie , 54 , hit the headlines when he thumped the mayor in the face after his civic car ran over Christmas lights he was stringing up in the centre of Frome , Somerset . |
| 11 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 12 | He was dancing up to the youngest dog again , sideways this time , head on one side , goading him . |
| 13 | Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 15 | Now he 'd told me he was going up to the Cathedral . |