Example sentences of "that [was/were] [v-ing] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn pressed her lips together and half turned so that Anne would n't see the tears that were welling up in her eyes again . |
| 2 | It was in the summer holidays and Matthew was going to start school , so he he 's just had his fourth birthday just had his fourth birthday when he moved in here , the twins that were coming up to their second yeah Matthew like , like Gemma , Gemma yeah and by the time I knew you that were n't the summer after |
| 3 | All went well until we were approaching Ramsgate and about to cross ahead of two coasters that were coming up from the south . |
| 4 | Miss Abbott , when you came to my house the other day and wandered round my studio and let me see something of your thoughts , it was as if a gale had blown through all the dust and cobwebs , all the mouldering old habits that were growing up round me like ivy , and when you had gone , I tore that canvas off the easel and smashed it — ’ |
| 5 | Charles could see at first-hand the tension that was building up in the vast depressing wastelands of the inner cities , where young people had no work , no ambition , no feeling of belonging , no pride in their surroundings — nothing , in fact , to get out of bed for in the mornings . |
| 6 | The excitement that was building up inside her had nothing to do with the fact that Ace Barton was probably just a few feet away from her , she told herself as she tried desperately hard to try and disentangle from the different voices one she hoped to recognise . |
| 7 | There was no reason , however , to link the unrest that was brewing up in the country with the Kamalian dictator . |
| 8 | Very sensible , given the gossip that was whirling up around their heads . |
| 9 | But in this new raw situation that was flooding up round them , nothing could be clear , not yet . |
| 10 | Philip 's misgivings , his hurt over Jim , were being assuaged by the Congress , and the happy atmosphere that was leading up to it . |
| 11 | However , Jane loved dancing and the new life that was opening up for her , but when she was offered work in 1907 at the English Theatre , Paris , she was frankly scared . |
| 12 | Emma did n't answer , but she put her hand up and pulled her scarf tightly around her throat as if it would stop the throbbing that was coming up from between her ribs and aiming to choke her . |