SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun]	509
2	[was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun sg]	380
3	was [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun]	359
4	were [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun]	149
5	[was/were] [vb pp] up by the [noun]	128
6	[was/were] [vb pp] up in the [noun]	109
7	[was/were] set up [prep] the [noun]	106
8	[was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun pl]	81
9	[was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun prp]	48
10	[was/were] [vb pp] up on the [noun]	45
11	[was/were] taken up [prep] the [noun]	42
12	[was/were] [vb pp] up with the [noun]	36
13	[was/were] brought up [prep] the [noun]	34
14	[was/were] [vb pp] up to the [noun]	34
15	[was/were] drawn up [prep] the [noun]	29
16	[was/were] [vb pp] up at the [noun]	29
17	[was/were] [vb pp] up for the [noun]	24
18	[was/were] caught up [prep] the [noun]	24
19	[was/were] picked up [prep] the [noun]	19
20	[was/were] [vb pp] up under the [noun]	18
21	[was/were] [vb pp] up against the [noun]	13
22	[was/were] summed up [prep] the [noun]	12
23	[was/were] swallowed up [prep] the [noun]	11
24	[was/were] put up [prep] the [noun]	11
25	[was/were] fed up [prep] the [noun]	11
26	[was/were] held up [prep] the [noun]	10
27	[was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] the government	10
28	[was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] the government	10
29	[was/were] [vb pp] up as the [noun]	8
30	[was/were] made up [prep] the [noun]	7