Example sentences of "were [adv] [v-ing] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were soon building up the idea of productivity … |
| 2 | We were just picking up the malai national programme . |
| 3 | I never had a chance to see if anyone had been hurt or not because we were already accelerating up the next stretch of road . |
| 4 | ANALYSTS and advisers were yesterday lining up the next series of state asset sales and trying to see how the Government could increase the projected £19 billion over the next three years to reduce borrowing and fund tax cuts . |
| 5 | No doubt they were still digging up the little graveyard . |
| 6 | Johannsen and the DK were still clambering up the long diagonal slope to her left , almost level with her now . |
| 7 | It was all those problems , and a few more , that were now fouling up the North Sea and other parts of Britain . |
| 8 | Today they were simply soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying a tour of the province 's most popular sites , including a shopping trip to Belfast city centre and a visit to the Giant 's Causeway . |
| 9 | The British colonies were steadily filling up the Atlantic seacoast and populating the area fairly densely . |
| 10 | In the sort snow-lit darkness people were systematically sicking up the food which they had saved for so long . |