Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [verb] me up " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 2 | ‘ I realised no one was going to lock me up again . |
| 3 | In the lobby of that hotel , on the following evening , I was to meet a Mrs Knelle , the friend of an English friend , and she was going to put me up at her house in the country . |
| 4 | Mrs Pritchard was going to put me up . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Because someone was trying to set me up . |
| 6 | I knew he was trying to cheer me up but I was determined to go back to my knitting lessons when the vultures had gone . |
| 7 | You was trying to butter me up were n't you ? |
| 8 | When I eventually realized that he was trying to chat me up , I decided to end the conversation and get off the train . |