Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] up at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOOTBALL hero Paul Gascoigne 's dirty underwear has been snapped up at auction . |
| 2 | She says she hated being cooped up at home , concocting his favourite tuna fish salad . |
| 3 | No luxury cruise around the Mediterranean could have been half as rewarding ; I should have been fed up at sea and embarrassed ashore , always conscious of the intrusion of our party as we were shown the sights . |
| 4 | One in which , on a single day , he could have been rounded up at bayonet-point or celebrated a cigarette . |
| 5 | A woman who is happy in her job and hates being cooped up at home all day win bring back positive qualities to the household , but on the other hand the strains and stresses of work can also leave their mark on family life . |
| 6 | ‘ It would have been much better if those girls had been tucked up at home in bed , ’ said prosecuting counsel in the Brixton rape trial … . |
| 7 | A police spokeswoman said an incident room had been set up at West Hendon police station but that the investigation had not become a murder inquiry . |
| 8 | A petrol station assistant and her friend have been held up at knifepoint . |