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Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Kenneth Clarke watched from the window as the police got mixed up in the brawl .
2	It has its new smell still — the perfect red plastic smell , the smell of writing numbers in arithmetic books ruled in squares ; the smell it had before it got mixed up in the dust and plasticine and tangled electric flex in the toy drawer .
3	It appears that the Airborne and Commandos got caught up in the shelling and suffered casualties , dead and wounded . ’
4	Another man , a social worker got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected .
5	Another man , a social worker , got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected .
6	His parents , who live at Clevelys , near Blackpool , feared he had strayed outside the airport and got caught up in the disaster .
7	You said you got caught up in the fighting , my husband Michael said he 'd love to hear more about that .
8	His horse , Travel Over , got caught up in the tape at the second false start and came back from Aintree lame .
9	A strange feeling of expectation mixed with our fear as we became caught up in the thrill of the hunt .
10	She sits curled up on the couch in the sitting room of her house high above the ocean in Malibu , and gets just slightly dewy-eyed as she talks about her family and the early days .
11	She sits curled up in the corner of the sofa with her feet tucked under her and her half-written letter to her cousin waiting in her lap .
12	Chart 3 indicates that , as a result of the advertising , growth in Gold 90 balances in Scottish branches initially grew much faster , although , subsequent to the advertising campaign , growth in English and Welsh branches has caught up with the help of other communications , including the Personal Customer Newsletter and posters in branches supporting some magnificent local sales efforts .
13	So it has come up with the idea of a tape ‘ loop ’ to delay the broadcast of ‘ live ’ debates for long enough for an engineer to hit a panic button until the offending words have passed .
14	One good piece of news — alas not definite , since it is still subject to possible changes — is that at the moment the European legislation process has come up with the idea that the national definitions of ‘ antique ’ for weapons will apply when the European harmonisation takes place .
15	I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall .
16	AT&T has come up with the ComputerWatch service , calling it a breakthrough for system security administration .
17	While British Rail says it ca n't afford to help disabled travellers at Leominster , it has come up with the cash to improve a commuter line that 's been plagued with delays and breakdowns .
18	Right if you have a look at what has come up on the screen , on the screen .
19	Since the first edition of this book both the Matrimonial Homes ( Co-ownership ) Bill introduced in the House of Lords in 1980 ( which would have made provision for statutory co-ownership of the matrimonial home ) and the Land Registration of Law of Property Bill ( affecting the practice that has grown up following the case of Williams & Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland ) [ 1981 ] AC 487 ) have failed .
20	Any book about Scottish football inevitably brings the reader into direct contact with the major Glasgow clubs , Rangers and Celtic , and such is the passion they arouse , that a degree of false diplomacy has grown up around the way the clubs and their players are treated .
21	There are the end-of-tether diaries published as My Sister and Myself by his literary executor , Francis King , and any number of references in the voluminous literature that has grown up around the figure of E M Forster , whose acolyte Ackerley became between their first meeting in 1922 and his death , aged 71 , in 1967 .
22	I feel his glare now , but let my own eyes wander past the fence to the yellow lattice of the heavy lifting gear and the big iron disc of the magnet hanging down , and the motorcar-mountain that has built up over the holiday season .
23	Spring-cleaning , repainting and clearing out cupboards can all be good ways of dispelling any unpleasant or heavy atmosphere that has built up in the home .
24	Another slight problem is that when the filters are cleaned , much of the bacteria colony that has built up in the foam could be washed away .
25	Meconium is the foal 's faecal material that has built up in the rectum before foaling and sometimes gets quite firm and impacted and must be passed within the first 24-hours of life .
26	The Trade Marks Act 1938 , following previous legislation , serves two main purposes : first , to protect the goodwill and reputation which a trader has built up around the mark involved and , secondly , to prevent the public from being deceived into buying inferior goods in the belief that they are made by another manufacturer .
27	Mrs Brooks , forty-three , has moved up from the role of president of US operations to overall president and chief executive officer of the company , a newly created post .
28	Wanchai used to be the hostess-bar district , but it has moved up in the world and is now home to one of the colony 's classiest new hotels , The Grand Hyatt ( ) .
29	‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’
30	The chemical , which is about 150 times as toxic as cyanide , has turned up in the soil and in waters that flow into the Mississippi River at levels up to several hundred times those thought to be safe .