Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nationalist styles were springing up everywhere . |
| 2 | Openings for quarrels were bubbling up in several places in the 1730s . |
| 3 | ‘ Loads of kids were coming up to us and complaining that their dads were getting on their backs about their garages being full of paper . |
| 4 | When us kids were growing up now so Well there was myself and my oth younger sister ne the one next to me . |
| 5 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 6 | Colombo radio reported on Oct. 17 that the LTTE had recently been admitting , at public meetings in its remaining Jaffna stronghold , that the organization was disintegrating , foreign funds were drying up after the recent military reverses , and Tamil youths were refusing to join its guerrillas . |
| 7 | German flares were lighting up the sky behind me as I hurried along the road , keeping close to the houses and in their shadows as much as possible . |
| 8 | Away to the left across the fields , and probably in the area of No. 3 Commando , flares were going up , followed by very rapid rifle and machine gun fire . |
| 9 | On the set , the legendary feuds between Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau were hotting up . |
| 10 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 11 | The year 1973 came close to repeating the triumphs of 1972 but , as usual in FI , other cars were catching up with the Lotus , though not in qualifying , for 1973 was the year in which Ronnie Peterson notched an astonishing nine pole positions and a place on the front row in twelve of the season 's fifteen races , as against one and five for Emerson , Peterson finishing a mere three points behind Fittipaldi . |
| 12 | I had trouble even pushing the bike up , but cars were going up ( and down ! ) to the houses . |
| 13 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 14 | Pay-per-view channels were buying up exclusive rights to the really big bouts and this left the regular channels desperate to find some way of increasing the number of championship fights . |
| 15 | To find out what her research subjects were getting up to , this scientist took the direct approach . |
| 16 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 17 | All the while he was burbling inanities , his eyes were roving up and down her body . |
| 18 | In Argyll the Dalriadic Scots were building up their strength . |
| 19 | The shadows on the wall from his light were jumping up and down as his hand shook . |
| 20 | one thing 's for sure the appointment of John Gorman is a popular one on the terraces … he 's given the fans what they crave for … and that 's loyalty … from first thing this morning supporters were rolling up at the County Ground to have their say |
| 21 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 22 | Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder . |
| 23 | Carl and his brothers were playing up around Jackson , Tennessee , and we called it honky-tonk music . |
| 24 | ‘ Švestkový koláč na plech , ’ he stated , and she would swear that as his eyes rested on her laughing mouth , that the corners of his mouth were picking up too . |
| 25 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 26 | Buckinghamshire 's total book stock was going up by about forty thousand volumes a year , last year it grew just eight thousand . |
| 27 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 28 | By 1921 indeed frustration with coalition was building up such a head of steam as seriously to threaten its future . |
| 29 | Investment was drying up , businesses were collapsing , men were laid off work and wages were cut . |
| 30 | McCarthy 's bid to become the Democratic nominee for president was getting up steam , and his following included the liberal Hollywood establishment , among them Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Robert Redford and Warren Beatty . |