Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of his achievements since joining Guy 's in 1985 has been to set up a full fertility unit . |
| 2 | Craftsman Dale appears , streaked in oil , from the depths of the engine compartment Where he has been tightening up a mounting bolt . |
| 3 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 4 | And an RUC Special Branch officer had been beaten up a few weeks previously after going to meet his UFF informer in Belfast 's York Road district . |
| 5 | Till now , Ken Livingstone had been putting up a good show , joking about John Smith serving as his deputy and arguing for defence cuts to pay for benefits rather than tax increases . |
| 6 | She had been brought up a good Church of England girl — she knew the drill . |
| 7 | She had been brought up a Unitarian , but about the time of her brother 's death she decided to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 8 | The Daughters of the American Revolution had been racking up a heavy rep in the past few months . |
| 9 | How am I going to manage this house and be a wife you can be proud of , when I 've been brought up a different way , and everybody in the place knows it ? ’ |
| 10 | I took , I took the cheque around on Monday , I had the , the last appointment on Friday and erm since I 've had the abscess , the tooth that 's got a crown on top , I think it 's been pushed up a little bit and my top teeth , the first two keeps catching was this |