Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the carpeted floor and the mules on her feet , Meryl already felt chilled , as if cold water was slowly rising up her legs . |
| 2 | She was soon to give up her own acting career — which she never took seriously — to — spoil him ? |
| 3 | I was soon to take up my first teaching post in a Secondary School and he had called to ask if I were able to make use of a potter 's wheel which he could provide for the new Art room . |
| 4 | When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash . |
| 5 | As early as the summer of 1912 , the year of the Titanic and of the Suffragettes and of the first Variety Performance by Royal Command at the new Palladium Theatre , Europe was already building up its armies . |
| 6 | I was just building up my first business then , and a thing like that is a bit like riding a roller-coaster — you need all the speed you can collect on the downhill runs to take you over the next hump . |
| 7 | I was just packing up my medical papers when I got a call to Ward 16 , now also a reception ward . |
| 8 | I mean every year we have a campaign from about the middle of January to the end of February where we promote British holidays through our shop windows , and in fact I was just totting up our advertising spend in the last four or five weeks and I would say we have spent almost a hundred thousand pounds on partner advertising for Lunn Poly — book your holiday at Lunn Poly for U K holidays . |
| 9 | Even when he meant to go swimming , he was like keeping up his in the lane . |
| 10 | for I was always keeping up my sleeve for sort of things we might do as opposed to R and M U have done |
| 11 | Garland was shaken and he was still making up his mind how to react when the doorbell rang . |
| 12 | Patsy had his jacket and tie off , and was carefully rolling up his sleeves . |
| 13 | Kinane , making a flying visit home between last weekend 's Breeders ' Cup meeting in Florida and resuming his contract job in Hong Kong , was also bringing up his domestic century for the season . |
| 14 | The houseproud teenager was also tidying up her career . |
| 15 | back up on the er the four one four so I was really doubling up my journey . |
| 16 | Nor did he tell him that a German was now packing up his quarters , having refused to work another day . |
| 17 | This is not to say that Gloucester was consciously building up his own authority at the expense of the crown — the distinction is meaningless in Edward IV 's lifetime — but by 1483 the duchy connection was Gloucester 's as well as the king 's . |
| 18 | This is not to say that Gloucester was consciously building up his own authority at the expense of the crown — the distinction is meaningless in Edward IV 's lifetime — but by 1483 the duchy connection was Gloucester 's as well as the king 's . |
| 19 | Everyone was upstairs rolling up their hair |