Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] himself up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hands was pulling himself up among the sails now , the knife between his teeth . |
| 2 | He was sending himself up to a degree , but it does n't matter . |
| 3 | But Nick was working himself up into one of his states , and she had to harden her heart . |
| 4 | King Vidor , who directed him in Man Without a Star in 1955 , said , ‘ I felt throughout the filming that Kirk was working himself up to being a director . |
| 5 | It was almost as if he was working himself up to making a confession . |