Example sentences of "was [v-ing] up at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned to share the wonder of it , but she was gazing up at the bloom of flame surging from the chimney 's mouth , and beyond where the evening-star glittered against the deepening blue sky . |
| 2 | He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions . |
| 3 | Not only did the train travel fast , it spread fast and soon the world was opening up at a pace not previously imagined . |
| 4 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 5 | ‘ The sort of people John Smith was winding up at the Trade Union Conference about a return to a Golden Age , when they were back in the driving seat and great rights for their members , and a friendly government again — some of those people are beginning to make noises . |
| 6 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 7 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 8 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 9 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 10 | She was coming along the opposite pavement on foot and was looking up at the buildings as if she were not sure of being in the right street . |
| 11 | Ruth whirled round and faced Fernando who 'd appeared from nowhere as she was peering up at the house . |
| 12 | By day 22 he was getting up at the ‘ correct ’ time ( that is , his morning and real morning coincided ) , but had lost a whole day . |
| 13 | I thought she was staying up at the villa to rest ? ’ |
| 14 | That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour . |
| 15 | The girl was staring up at the two of us , wondering what was going on . |
| 16 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 17 | But a day had come in the Sixties when he was in one of the elephant houses and was staring up at an elephant as it walked neurotically round and round its tiny area when a sudden memory of some of the places he had been kept in during the war had come to him ; no space , no freedom , no life . |
| 18 | Hasan was sitting up at the table , eating a large slice of toast . |
| 19 | It was standing up at a crazy angle out of a mass of ferns . |
| 20 | This power , however , was to be used according to the rules of the American Constitution , not as a means to a dictatorship like that which Hitler was setting up at the very same time in Germany . |
| 21 | The judge was summing up at the end of the Old Bailey trial of PC Peter Anderson , 41 , based at Surbiton police station in Surrey , who is accused of raping the woman on 4 April last year . |
| 22 | The dandelion quiche was curling up at the edges and the semolina pudding congealed into a wodge you could use as Polyfilla . |