Example sentences of "it [was/were] [v-ing] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 2 | It was taking up the game at such a young age that caused him to hold the racket with both hands , rather than playing tennis , which he did to county standard at the age of 12 . |
| 3 | Used to the my whole down there than it was hanging up the , really I mean |
| 4 | Labour said it was stepping up the pressure for an urgent Commons statement from the Chancellor to clarify which areas of spending were ruled in or out from the Treasury review . |
| 5 | but that was n't with flood water coming over , that was because it was coming up the drains , cos it could n't drain into the river |