Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and his trusty assistant , Detective Sergeant William Bird , were speeding up the same road . |
| 2 | Propelled forward by the shrieking aunts , who were bringing up the rear , they stumbled in , falling over the pots and pans and bumping into the dangling kettles , dropping their sacks and shouting and generally making the most satisfactory uproar imaginable . |
| 3 | She has been a couple of times but er when we were bringing up the family course she could n't reasonably go with me every week and er , but she had used to be er a good supporter when she was a girl , she used to go with her father in those days my son 's been with me , cos I took him las well he took me last night with his wife I went in their car . |
| 4 | Erm I was n't , I did n't know what you were trying to get at when you were bringing up the miles per annum that he was doing , I can understand the flying side of it but driving in the car , yes you need to know that he 's doing a lot of miles and that there 's , you know , the there 's the potential danger and everything there but I did n't understand why you need his specific miles per annum . |
| 5 | They were driving up the Harrow Road and had just passed the complex of St Mary 's Hospital when the campanile of St Matthew 's came suddenly into view on their left . |
| 6 | ‘ Suppose you suddenly had that feeling — tawdry — while you were walking up the aisle with George Beador . |
| 7 | This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight . |
| 8 | Below the nesting area the slopes were rich with vegetation , enriched by bird-droppings , and we were climbing up the slope when we became aware that a polar bear with a big cub was ‘ grazing ’ on the slope . |
| 9 | Between them they were picking up the power line , the hoses for oxygen and wastes . |
| 10 | Erm when we were picking up the trunk off erm Uncle Alan who 's on on the beginning of the fishing |
| 11 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
| 12 | She also cites evidence from school inspectors which says that in almost 40 per cent of primary schools parents were topping up the capitation allowance for books and equipment by more than 30 per cent . |
| 13 | Perhaps they were justified in recalling early days in makeshift cinemas and perhaps they had to mingle with the masses as they went in search of Chaplin movies , but they must have been aware that prestigious down-town and suburban theatres were now largely being patronized , not exclusively by a lumpenproletariat , but rather by a mix of social classes and perhaps above all by young people who were moving up the social scale into more respectable occupations . |
| 14 | He 'd whistle and all the horses would run over to us ; and there we were surrounded by these great horses , and we were holding up the babies to them ! |
| 15 | ‘ You were holding up the kiosk when I got off the train , were n't you ? ’ |
| 16 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 17 | So the war came at last , at exactly 6.35:24 pm on January 16 , 1991 , when Peter Jennings interrupted a canned piece to announce that explosions and flashes were breaking up the Baghdad night . |
| 18 | Islands to the SSW were breaking up the swell , but the wind was funnelling between them to create a very steep and confused sea . |
| 19 | On the beach , the pirates were breaking up the captain 's little boat with axes . |
| 20 | Dennis and the others were propping up the bar , Karen was supposedly selecting duty-free perfume . |
| 21 | A trio of skinheads were coming up the pavement , and some kids on bikes came by , saw them and started to circle back . |
| 22 | He looked unbelieving and said , ‘ But surely you remember when we were going down the eighth , you were coming up the ninth , and I waved and your wife waved back , and then you waved . ’ |
| 23 | Well when you were cutting up the meat when you , in the shop and things like that , did you wear any special clothes for that ? |
| 24 | Then , just as we were tying up the canoe , came the first heavy spats of rain on the leaves and with a roll of thunder the heavens opened . |
| 25 | The parable may refer to the fact that in Jesus ' time the Zealots ( this was a name given to nationalists ) were stirring up the peasants to revolt against such landlords . |
| 26 | The demolition squad from No.6 Troop were blowing up the guns , four Belgian 75mm field pieces , their wheels shackled to turntables for anti-ship fire . |
| 27 | The big man and the woman were running up the gulley , towards its narrow end . |
| 28 | In a moment the two of them were running up the wide curved stairs . |
| 29 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 30 | Most watches become false alarms ; nevertheless , they were buttoning up the collection and making sure that every completed aircraft was hangared . |