Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The sun was burning up the mist as we drove on . |
| 3 | The rain had stopped a short while ago and once more the sun was burning up the atmosphere . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | An enemy flare was lighting up the sky at the other end of the village , probably over No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 7 | The howling growling blood-drenched boy was eating up the foreman . |
| 8 | THOSE who insisted that the Queen pay income tax were barking up the wrong tree . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The big man and the woman were running up the gulley , towards its narrow end . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Meanwhile he began to suspect that the Shipping Federation was buying up the union 's debts . |
| 15 | His voice was creeping up the scale . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Between 1800 and 1850 , however , a hard soapy-looking yellow brick was pouring up the Thames from Suffolk , and most of the new Middlesex churches were built of it . |
| 18 | A monster 's mum was hanging up the washing in the garden when she suddenly yelled at him : |
| 19 | Islands to the SSW were breaking up the swell , but the wind was funnelling between them to create a very steep and confused sea . |
| 20 | Bunny was chatting up the other girl , Chase was still going oompah-oompah and Martin was desperately starting his ninth solo on Tiger Rag . |
| 21 | By this time Marty was scrambling up the ladder , and in our relief we were convulsed with laughter . |