Example sentences of "were [v-ing] up on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a slower than expected march we were gearing up on the famous Green Ledge in bright sunshine — the Ennerdale mountains stretching away like the bony spine of a slumbering dragon . |
| 2 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 3 | Darley 's mount Starica stumbled on a path as the six runners in the Thorne Maiden Fillies Stakes , won by 11–2 chance Bella Parkes , were pulling up on the bend past the stands . |
| 4 | The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes . |
| 5 | and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse … |
| 6 | The snowflakes were caking up on the dried grasses and ferns on either bank . |