Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all he knew , Gwen was lying upstairs dead and the man in front of him was building up to another outburst . |
| 2 | Nor did any intuition , any extra sense , alert him to the fact that part of the case he was quietly and imperceptibly building up inside him was going up in smoke . |
| 3 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 4 | The moon was shining full on his face — it seemed as if he were staring up at it . |
| 5 | It was as though he were making up for inadequacies of which he was aware but which he tried to pretend were not there . |
| 6 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 7 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 8 | He was darting up to each of the dogs in turn , ears pricked , eyes blazing with devilment , dabbing a paw at them then streaking away . |
| 9 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |
| 10 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a Hamburg hotel and Paul was sitting with his girlfriend who he was breaking up with . |
| 12 | Lewis knew very well he should not do this , that he was sucking up to someone for the sake of inheriting his property . |
| 13 | He was pointing up at Li Yuan , there at the centre of the screen . |
| 14 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 15 | Anyway , , the old shed looks well there er , I du n no why I started to look out and the cat was on his back legs with his feet like that and he was looking up at me like that ! |
| 16 | He was teeing up at Caernarfon Golf Club in Gwynedd , North Wales , hoping to improve his own UK record 395 yard drive . |
| 17 | The following January he announced he was splitting up with girlfriend Vicky Stewart , 29 , after 12 years together . |
| 18 | He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions . |
| 19 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 20 | Like yeah , because like about what he did you know he was staying up with and all this and like giving him money and looking after Andrew so he goes for my parents Jimmy 's really nice . |
| 21 | He was drawing up outside the hall when he thought of Graham Young . |
| 22 | ‘ I think you 'll find it warmer too , ’ he replied , and soon after that he was drawing up outside their hotel . |
| 23 | By day 22 he was getting up at the ‘ correct ’ time ( that is , his morning and real morning coincided ) , but had lost a whole day . |
| 24 | Tom Reynolds remembered how he had quarrelled with his father , a quarrel much like the one he was leading up to with Esther Ward . |
| 25 | He was leading up to something , but she had no idea what . |
| 26 | For one unbelievable moment Merrill wondered if he was leading up to suggesting they go together . |
| 27 | He was burning up with fever , probably not even fully aware of what he was doing or saying . |
| 28 | During the sittings , he was always in good spirits ; and as long as you did not try to glimpse what he was putting up on the canvas , he would dilate on any subject that took his fancy . |
| 29 | He 'd get very wild those times , like he was making up for something . |
| 30 | And there 's a story about the late Duke of Portland when he was travelling up to estate where his lodge was . |