Example sentences of "was [v-ing] up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles could see at first-hand the tension that was building up in the vast depressing wastelands of the inner cities , where young people had no work , no ambition , no feeling of belonging , no pride in their surroundings — nothing , in fact , to get out of bed for in the mornings . |
| 2 | But all that was happening was , the overflow pipe from the Koi quarters was partially blocked : this meant that an abnormally high head of water was building up in the main pool , bringing the level above the sealed junction between liner and blockwork . |
| 3 | Nervous pressure was building up in the United team when Irwin put a 64th-minute corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area . |
| 4 | Now a mile or two ahead , we could see a white line where the swell was crashing up on the fringing reef . |
| 5 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 6 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 7 | They took the corner in a skidding turn , and rocketed into the dark mouth of the alley only a few yards ahead of the second police car , which was racing up from the opposite direction . |
| 8 | The scheme certainly helped me right at the beginning when I was starting up as a criminal lawyer . |
| 9 | The camera plane was grinding up in a labouring climb , turning to present the smallest target . |
| 10 | That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour . |
| 11 | You had to make her feel she was coming up with the original idea . |
| 12 | I was travelling up from the English coast on my way to London to arrange the final leg of my journey home . |
| 13 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 14 | It was plainly a hungry leopard , for it was creeping up on an unsuspecting black-naped hare , an animal that would hardly have provided more than a couple of mouthfuls . |
| 15 | It was standing up at a crazy angle out of a mass of ferns . |
| 16 | And I thought it really had been a very good life , a fun life , despite Ellen never having gone to bed with me , and I wondered if my father would even notice my death , then the Maggot whooped with glee , hauled back on the stick , and our plane was screaming up into the wide blue lovely bullet-free sky and the Maggot was laughing and slapping my shoulder . |
| 17 | The lights went down further , and I guessed Kruger was working up to the big climax , whatever that was . |