Example sentences of "were [v-ing] up in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his first day , Monday , 1 February , Terry arrived at the building — which was recently opened by Sir Ralph Robins , chairman of Rolls-Royce plc — to find there was more going on than a usual day 's work ; they were cleaning up in the aftermath of a fire . |
| 2 | When they were riding up in the lift , Damian said , ‘ I think we should go over the minutes together . ’ |
| 3 | Daffodils were coming up in the garden but it would be dark when his guests came to the house to eat their meal . |
| 4 | The Youngs were standing up in the dining room , ready to go to bed . |
| 5 | Towards evening , when the grass started to take on the dry crackle of hay , it was as if the small handshakings were springing up in the meadow . |
| 6 | Little lights were springing up in the woods as if the houses thus made apparent had been magicked into position on that instant . |
| 7 | Miss Lodsworth , exhorting her guides to greater endeavour in this modern world , was having great difficulty making herself heard over the din of Dancer 's group , who were warming up in the recording studio . |
| 8 | The magnificent engine was strong and skilful still , but the suppleness and the sap were drying up in the long sinews , the head was already a death's-head . |