Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about six o'clock and Carrie was helping to wash up the tea things when she heard Mr Evans 's bellow of rage . |
| 2 | I had no doubts that he was going to pick up the package . |
| 3 | I told Mum I was going to make up a quarrel with Shirnette . |
| 4 | She was terrified that Brian was going to bring up the word all the baby manuals kept using and which she had come to hate : bonding . |
| 5 | Carrie 's young brother was waiting to tie up a brace of barges to a river tug for their journey back to the Royal Albert Dock and he had taken the opportunity to visit his sister and her husband in the dining rooms . |
| 6 | From this remark , added to his earlier defence of his right to seclusion , Robbie was beginning to build up a picture of this man . |
| 7 | Another civilian was trying to set up a camera and tripod to photograph the scene and everybody was trying to sidestep the vomit on the carpet . |
| 8 | Her present to Harry was to be a pair of racing binoculars in a fine leather case with his initials stamped on it ; Wendell 's , a handsome cheque , since he was aware that Harry had opened an account at the bank and was trying to build up a reserve of cash . |
| 9 | During that half-hour coffee break Jeff had told her all about Silvia and about how Guido was trying to break up the romance . |
| 10 | She was trying to chat up the boy who was serving . |
| 11 | He was trying to climb up a brick wall , but he 's got a bad leg . |
| 12 | ‘ Pickles ran into some friends and was trying to make up a party to go dancing tonight . |
| 13 | Two floors above , Jude heard what she took to be a domestic argument , and not wanting somebody else 's marital strife to sour her fine mood , was crossing to turn up the soul song on the turntable when somebody knocked on the door . |