Example sentences of "was [verb] as [pron] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may work within a paradigm , and not be uninfluenced by how her mind was formed as she grew up within the discipline of science . |
| 2 | It was raining as we drew up in front of the building and started unpacking our kit . |
| 3 | Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path . |
| 4 | The connection was broken as you came up … ’ |
| 5 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |
| 6 | Travis 's face was set as he looked up . |
| 7 | Mum was crying as she picked up the money and slipped it into her purse which she kept down her bosom . |
| 8 | But Clare was ten thousand miles away , I was thinking as I woke up , while Toma made fresh coffee and cooked me a man-sized breakfast of local bacon-cum-ham and two of the island 's tiny eggs . |
| 9 | Information and Planning , he was thinking as he walked up the ramp , shoulders stooped to further alter his appearance . |
| 10 | Tonight she was smiling as she stared up at the screen , and Buddie had given her money . |
| 11 | Her heart was hammering as she went up the narrow , cheerless stairs she 'd last climbed before her interview . |