Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 3 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 6 | David was walking up the garden path , half an hour earlier than expected . |
| 7 | As Hennessy was opening up the grey lockers at the end of the room , Donaldson spelt Bobo again . |
| 8 | Folkestone was a pocket borough of the Rothschilds , Southend was falling under the control of the Guinness family , Plymouth was learning to love the Astors , and Samuel Roberts was building up the influence in Sheffield that was to provide a seat for his family until 1966 . |
| 9 | Tony sat it out — in my tent I feel obliged to tell him — listening for the noise of a train , a noise that meant the wind was coming up the defile between him and the sea . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Bourne was scooping up the soup of the day with precise , efficient movements — never a drop spilled , never a slurp . |
| 12 | The sun was burning up the mist as we drove on . |
| 13 | The rain had stopped a short while ago and once more the sun was burning up the atmosphere . |
| 14 | I was then brought up to this room , in which , at that point of the day , the sun was lighting up the floral patterns of the wallpaper quite agreeably . |
| 15 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
| 16 | An enemy flare was lighting up the sky at the other end of the village , probably over No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 17 | The howling growling blood-drenched boy was eating up the foreman . |
| 18 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 19 | THOSE who insisted that the Queen pay income tax were barking up the wrong tree . |
| 20 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 21 | As Roger Forester was closing up the cottage behind him DI Mike Schaffer was swinging his legs off a creaking camp-bed in the office of the Langstone schoolhouse and sitting groggily upright . |
| 22 | He added that Virgin was taking up the matter of the fairness of take-off and landing slots at UK airports with the European Commission . |
| 23 | On the beach , the pirates were breaking up the captain 's little boat with axes . |
| 24 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |
| 25 | The big man and the woman were running up the gulley , towards its narrow end . |
| 26 | A trio of skinheads were coming up the pavement , and some kids on bikes came by , saw them and started to circle back . |
| 27 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 28 | While the mechanics were setting up the cars , she thought she 'd go outside into one of the empty stands to try to find a breath of wind , anything rather than standing in the back of the pits in the high humidity which made her skin glow . |
| 29 | But their best opportunity for independence came , and went , soon after the first world war , when Britain and France were carving up the defunct Ottoman empire . |
| 30 | No , no , if you got called away there would n't be anybody to take over until the next relief if , if the man was coming up the dock with two yo yo well you would n't be able to get in touch with him either . |