Example sentences of "was [v-ing] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noble sold the mill and by 1887 it had been taken over by Moses John Mason who , at his peak , was producing up to four tons of millboard per week . |
| 2 | The receptionist , still watching her , was phoning up to Jake 's office . |
| 3 | For all he knew , Gwen was lying upstairs dead and the man in front of him was building up to another outburst . |
| 4 | Behind him the heat was building up to a storm , the sky was thick with it already . |
| 5 | Following the other girl 's fixed gaze , Anita noticed that a large black chauffeur-driven limousine was drawing up to the edge of the road . |
| 6 | Lewis knew very well he should not do this , that he was sucking up to someone for the sake of inheriting his property . |
| 7 | He was darting up to each of the dogs in turn , ears pricked , eyes blazing with devilment , dabbing a paw at them then streaking away . |
| 8 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 9 | As I was walking up to his house two young bearded men in jeans and sweaters got out of a car and ran towards me . |
| 10 | ‘ When I was walking up to Keble Road yesterday I saw someone standing at the bus-stop outside St Giles ’ Church , waiting to get up to Summertown . |
| 11 | Over in Covent Garden in the nearby Crush Bar at the Royal Opera House , was living up to its name . |
| 12 | November was living up to its reputation . |
| 13 | The weather held fine and a slight deviation from our course to Shetland brought us to Fair Isle which that day was living up to its name . |
| 14 | The elusive lyre-bird , though , despite all Gould 's efforts , was living up to its reputation . |
| 15 | At places it was sinking up to eighteen inches . |
| 16 | Benny reddened at the stares , but Nan had left the two admirers and was bounding up to the back row . |
| 17 | The share account was paying up to 8.75 p.c. net in 1979 , the monthly savings account paid a top rate of 9.5 p.c. net and up to 12.5 p.c. net was paid on term accounts . |
| 18 | Mr Multhrop was hurrying up to her . |
| 19 | This now returned and it seemed that her meeting with Tom and Peter had been like a dream from which she was waking up to reality . |
| 20 | But I was distrustful and was still wondering what this was leading up to . |
| 21 | Philip hardened in anticipation of what his son was leading up to . |
| 22 | You could see he was now beginning to wonder what all this was leading up to . |
| 23 | Philip 's misgivings , his hurt over Jim , were being assuaged by the Congress , and the happy atmosphere that was leading up to it . |
| 24 | Tom Reynolds remembered how he had quarrelled with his father , a quarrel much like the one he was leading up to with Esther Ward . |
| 25 | He was leading up to something , but she had no idea what . |
| 26 | Did he think that her curiosity was leading up to something ? |
| 27 | At this stage I do n't think he saw what I was leading up to . |
| 28 | For one unbelievable moment Merrill wondered if he was leading up to suggesting they go together . |
| 29 | ‘ I was leading up to it slowly . |
| 30 | ‘ No , ’ he said softly , ‘ I was leading up to you saying it ! ’ |