Example sentences of "was [v-ing] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teal Green was coughing up a lungful of smoke when the Base was plunged into darkness . |
| 2 | When they came to the apartment , Mary-Claude was cooking up a storm in the kitchen , Sarah was squalling in her crib in the front bedroom and in the back it was wall-to-wall Star Wars , with all the electronic gear we had in there . |
| 3 | Why , I remember being in a stagecoach , with the Apaches attacking , and out on the road with Henry Fonda and the Okies and shooting Tyrone Power while he was hanging up a picture … ’ |
| 4 | It seemed particularly appropriate to him that Antonio was sticking up a poster depicting Rita Hayworth when his bicycle was stolen — a subtle juxtaposition of artificiality and realism in the cinema . |
| 5 | Reformist government ministers used the press revelations to support their claims that Khasbulatov was building up a power base . |
| 6 | Calderpark Zoo in Broomhouse was building up a collection of small furry things and a few larger ones , and Easterhouse , Garthamlock and Ruchazie were still bramble-filled lanes between the Edinburgh Road and Stepps . |
| 7 | The Committee decided to form a government and by Wednesday 1 March Miliukov , who had emerged as the dominant figure , was drawing up a list of potential cabinet ministers . |
| 8 | There was a sour smell and the growing heat of the sun was sucking up a mist from the waters . |
| 9 | Drunks were making a din on the stairs and a sculptor was tearing up a collection of Kisling 's drawings and throwing them down on to the head of the concierge . |
| 10 | Wearing plastic gloves , he was picking up a pipe from a glass bowl to slip it inside a transparent bag . |
| 11 | Mind you when she went home she noticed her accent was getting worse and worse and she was picking up a sort of English reticence or so they enjoyed telling her . |
| 12 | Two well-turned-out girls in green aprons and an even smarter-looking youth waited to serve a customer who was picking up a bunch of grapes . |
| 13 | She was rounding up a party to come and inspect the property . |
| 14 | This was a special event in her life , a rare and wonderful thing , she was lapping up a comfort undreamed of in her daily existence . |
| 15 | One was hoovering up a plate of sausage and chips while reading the Sun . |
| 16 | Of course , he was growing up a bit . |
| 17 | But Lugh would rise above it all , and would not bother to listen to complaints about who was getting larger helpings of stew , or who was having the most comfortable sleeping quarters , or even who was getting up a bit later than everyone else . |
| 18 | He 'd caught a glimpse of the two of them reflected in the hall mirror and his heart had lurched because it looked as if he was propping up a corpse . |
| 19 | But , early yesterday , the Belfast Brigade confirmed it was breaking up a move welcomed by the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams . |
| 20 | It seems the piece they took was holding up a window sash . |
| 21 | There I finally decided to throw in my efforts at making contact with the Delhi eunuchs ; it was taking up a lot of time and there was still no hint of a breakthrough : after ten days I still knew as little about them as I had when I had begun . |
| 22 | ‘ In terms of Colosseum , I was required to hold everything in its place , because Jon Hiseman was drumming up a storm , being very busy , as was Gary Moore on guitar and , to an extent , Don Airey on keyboards . |
| 23 | The releases , however , failed to win the support of anti-apartheid groups which claimed that almost all those released were criminals and that the government " was putting up a smokescreen " to avoid releasing political offenders . |
| 24 | One of his innovations was setting up a group which meets on Wednesdays for a five-hour session of yoga , baby massage , lunch and discussion — attended by an assortment of pregnant women , new mothers , midwives and obstetricians . |
| 25 | Travis asked from the fire , where he was setting up a pan of water . |
| 26 | Now run by the Thoroughbred Sports Car Club , Croft hill was first used more than 60 years ago , coincidentally around the time Ambrose Sidney Baird was setting up a car dealership in Belfast . |
| 27 | Fusarri opened an accusing hand at the restaurant owner who was wheeling up a trolley laden with fifteen different hors d'oeuvres . |