Example sentences of "and [was/were] [v-ing] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
| 2 | At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail . |
| 3 | She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming . |
| 4 | I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street . |
| 5 | He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone . |
| 6 | He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him . |
| 7 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
| 8 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |