Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties . |
| 2 | They were catching up with an interrupted past , not forestalling a proletarian future . |
| 3 | " I think I might be falling for you , you know , " he said as they were drinking up at eleven . |
| 4 | When they were riding up in the lift , Damian said , ‘ I think we should go over the minutes together . ’ |
| 5 | They were building up to a strong finish with ‘ The Skater 's Waltz ’ and Noreen knew her number would go up next . |
| 6 | they were strolling up towards Elterwater — ‘ it is an addiction , Mr Crump , worse than tobacco , worse even than alcohol — perhaps the government should do something about it , perhaps my friend Mr Pitt should put a tax on nature as his father put a tax on gin . ’ |
| 7 | Supposedly there was a Hell Fire Club in London in 1934 , but what they were getting up to no one knows . ’ |
| 8 | And they were , the speeds they were getting up to ! |
| 9 | When they were walking up through the Grove on her birthday . |
| 10 | and then you go I 'm gon na get that one at the top and they were running up to the top picked it and they , and ran down again |
| 11 | They were following up on descriptions of thieves allegedly involved in the deaths of two men in the town . |
| 12 | It may be that they were climbing up into the older parts of the mine above the Grand Level to ascertain whether all the worthwhile ore had been taken out . |
| 13 | They were standing up at UFO and saying : ‘ This is fucking rubbish , people are being killed in Vietnam ’ , and some people would say ‘ It 's all in your head man ’ . |
| 14 | On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . |
| 15 | They were working up to the crucial ( as it was then ) question of how and why she had come to identify the first body as Uncle Mossycop 's . |
| 16 | They were working up by er |
| 17 | But while they were gearing up for the Hi-de-Hi job , Wirral 's Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals went short of clean bedlinen . |
| 18 | On his first day , Monday , 1 February , Terry arrived at the building — which was recently opened by Sir Ralph Robins , chairman of Rolls-Royce plc — to find there was more going on than a usual day 's work ; they were cleaning up in the aftermath of a fire . |
| 19 | and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse … |
| 20 | They were coming up with ideas for advertising on London Transport , in newspapers , contacting people they knew with professional PR experience , people in the media . |
| 21 | Yes , but you know for years , when they were growing up in their teens , I was the the tennis net between him and his daughters , where 's she going , who 's she going with , who 's bringing her home , is she wearing eye make up , why 's she wearing nylons and not ankle socks , |
| 22 | They were each offered a can of cold beer from a coolbox , and within a short time they were lining up at the barbecue , a plate in hand . |
| 23 | In those days all aircrew had to take a six monthly Basic Efficiency Examination to ensure they were keeping up to date with equipment and training procedures . |
| 24 | And then he went on and he landed up in Seattle the time they were going up to the Klondike Gold Rush . |
| 25 | They were going up to the we call it . |
| 26 | Up Newtown way , they were going up to Ruth . |
| 27 | When she had told Mr Evans , he had gone very quiet ; and then , just as they were going up for their bath , he suggested the picnic . |
| 28 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 29 | But the they were going up from er twelve to eighteen inches . |
| 30 | Yeah well maybe he wanted to see if they were going up in even and odd numbers side of the road . |