Example sentences of "were [v-ing] up [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will be asked why , given the evidence of the time , when EFTA and the east European countries were queueing up to join the tighter Community that was being proposed , we allowed ourselves to be left outside . |
| 2 | HP 's software effort for the new servers included endorsement from a veritable who's-who of mainframe software houses , all eager to stand up on the platform and say that their customers were queueing up to leave the IBM mainframe world behind . |
| 3 | At least we were earning some money , and they were ending up owing the company money I think . |
| 4 | ULSTER 'S soccer fanzine writers were lining up to put the boot in today — with not a typewriter in sight . |
| 5 | She barely mouthed the word , but already , as if she was possessed by something beyond her control , her hands were reaching up to touch the black curl of his hair , agonisingly shy as she felt the clean , silky texture beneath her fingers . |