Example sentences of "were [v-ing] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I was n't , I did n't know what you were trying to get at when you were bringing up the miles per annum that he was doing , I can understand the flying side of it but driving in the car , yes you need to know that he 's doing a lot of miles and that there 's , you know , the there 's the potential danger and everything there but I did n't understand why you need his specific miles per annum . |
| 2 | Propelled forward by the shrieking aunts , who were bringing up the rear , they stumbled in , falling over the pots and pans and bumping into the dangling kettles , dropping their sacks and shouting and generally making the most satisfactory uproar imaginable . |
| 3 | She has been a couple of times but er when we were bringing up the family course she could n't reasonably go with me every week and er , but she had used to be er a good supporter when she was a girl , she used to go with her father in those days my son 's been with me , cos I took him las well he took me last night with his wife I went in their car . |
| 4 | They were driving up the Harrow Road and had just passed the complex of St Mary 's Hospital when the campanile of St Matthew 's came suddenly into view on their left . |
| 5 | ‘ Suppose you suddenly had that feeling — tawdry — while you were walking up the aisle with George Beador . |
| 6 | This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight . |
| 7 | Below the nesting area the slopes were rich with vegetation , enriched by bird-droppings , and we were climbing up the slope when we became aware that a polar bear with a big cub was ‘ grazing ’ on the slope . |
| 8 | Between them they were picking up the power line , the hoses for oxygen and wastes . |
| 9 | Erm when we were picking up the trunk off erm Uncle Alan who 's on on the beginning of the fishing |
| 10 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
| 11 | She also cites evidence from school inspectors which says that in almost 40 per cent of primary schools parents were topping up the capitation allowance for books and equipment by more than 30 per cent . |
| 12 | He 'd whistle and all the horses would run over to us ; and there we were surrounded by these great horses , and we were holding up the babies to them ! |
| 13 | ‘ You were holding up the kiosk when I got off the train , were n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | The pilots were revving up the aircraft engines ; there would be no stand-down . |
| 15 | So the war came at last , at exactly 6.35:24 pm on January 16 , 1991 , when Peter Jennings interrupted a canned piece to announce that explosions and flashes were breaking up the Baghdad night . |
| 16 | Islands to the SSW were breaking up the swell , but the wind was funnelling between them to create a very steep and confused sea . |
| 17 | On the beach , the pirates were breaking up the captain 's little boat with axes . |
| 18 | Dennis and the others were propping up the bar , Karen was supposedly selecting duty-free perfume . |
| 19 | A trio of skinheads were coming up the pavement , and some kids on bikes came by , saw them and started to circle back . |
| 20 | Well when you were cutting up the meat when you , in the shop and things like that , did you wear any special clothes for that ? |
| 21 | Then , just as we were tying up the canoe , came the first heavy spats of rain on the leaves and with a roll of thunder the heavens opened . |
| 22 | The parable may refer to the fact that in Jesus ' time the Zealots ( this was a name given to nationalists ) were stirring up the peasants to revolt against such landlords . |
| 23 | The demolition squad from No.6 Troop were blowing up the guns , four Belgian 75mm field pieces , their wheels shackled to turntables for anti-ship fire . |
| 24 | The big man and the woman were running up the gulley , towards its narrow end . |
| 25 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 26 | Most watches become false alarms ; nevertheless , they were buttoning up the collection and making sure that every completed aircraft was hangared . |
| 27 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 28 | ‘ But when we reached St Christoph the clouds were retreating up the mountainsides . |
| 29 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 30 | When a girl whom I knew only as Meriel remarked , as we were washing up the cocoa-cups , that she was ‘ brought up in a bog ’ , and I commented naïvely that she had no trace of Irish accent , the unassuming daughter of the Earl of Meath merely smiled . |