Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the kinds of society in which most of my readers were brought up the coding of behaviour presupposes a sharp division between what goes on within the household and transactions which link the household to the rest of society . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 4 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 5 | The last straw was located about 10 or 15ft from safety , at which handholds seemed to disappear altogether and aching feet were scrunched up the tiniest of ripples . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 8 | Before the New World was discovered and Australian resources were opened up the only source of opals known was situated in the Libanka and Simonka mountains north of Kosice in eastern Slovakia . |
| 9 | On the beach , the pirates were breaking up the captain 's little boat with axes . |
| 10 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |
| 11 | A trio of skinheads were coming up the pavement , and some kids on bikes came by , saw them and started to circle back . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For almost twenty years after that various proposals were run up the flagpole , mostly to unsaluting generals . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There is no tort or crime , as there would be if the police were to beat up the suspect or wrongly apprehend him or her in the first place . |
| 16 | This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight . |
| 17 | ‘ But when we reached St Christoph the clouds were retreating up the mountainsides . |
| 18 | Dennis and the others were propping up the bar , Karen was supposedly selecting duty-free perfume . |
| 19 | By that date , he was an ailing man , and apart from his routine duties , his first tasks were to clear up the muddles of the last few years and re-establish an acceptable procedure for future episcopal elections , investitures , and acts of homage . |