Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Openings for quarrels were bubbling up in several places in the 1730s . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | To find out what her research subjects were getting up to , this scientist took the direct approach . |
| 8 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | Carl and his brothers were playing up around Jackson , Tennessee , and we called it honky-tonk music . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Buckinghamshire 's total book stock was going up by about forty thousand volumes a year , last year it grew just eight thousand . |
| 13 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 14 | Marco was kneeling up in his seat , turning round to check the control panel . |
| 15 | Following the other girl 's fixed gaze , Anita noticed that a large black chauffeur-driven limousine was drawing up to the edge of the road . |
| 16 | Doing about sixty , seventy , normal speed , in hurry to get somewhere and er I I just sat there and erm all of a sudden I I thought I was miles past this other car and I started going in , just to let him go past , obviously and he 's I I did n't realise this other car was keeping up with me and I 've gone towards it and I thought sh I 'd looked in my mirror shit it 's still there ! |
| 17 | And at the same time , Lilian was coming up to the second stage . |
| 18 | So much so that the waves were crashing over the boat , and the boat was filling up with water . |
| 19 | The boat was mooring up on the River Severn when it rolled over , trapping two of them underwater . |
| 20 | Alcoholic Geoffrey Frederick Gregory was drinking up to 12 pints a day back in 1979 . |
| 21 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 22 | Philpott was sitting up in bed , his face hidden behind a copy of the New York Times . |
| 23 | ‘ Key was hanging up in reception . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Friday was coming up to Valentine 's Day and we were really busy . |
| 25 | The lights went down further , and I guessed Kruger was working up to the big climax , whatever that was . |
| 26 | Dark blood was welling up from both of them . |
| 27 | A brisk wind was blowing up from the Tail of the Bank . |
| 28 | My parents were pointing up to a beam of light and saying ‘ Dumbo ’ . |
| 29 | Two placards were leaning up against the walls . |
| 30 | It was like a dream that Sam could neither halt nor awake from : the gulls were screaming overhead and the rollers were thundering up against the Gribbin . |