Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] up with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These ends were cleaned up with a spokeshave and then scraped with a twist of the wrist . |
| 2 | As we neared Arran the clouds became denser , and in turn cast deep shadows over the Firth and the Arran coast , or were lit up with a glow of intensely bright sunlight ; while the glory of Arran , its mountain-peaks , were lost amid the clouds that enshrouded them . |
| 3 | He commented : ‘ We were woken up with a jolt when we found out that Spinneys were going to be bought out by some ‘ jocks from over the border ’ . |
| 4 | Large numbers were laid up with a multiplicity of gearbox , transmission , body and wheelset problems . |
| 5 | The first sessions were taken up with a debate on the status of resolutions passed by the meeting . |
| 6 | He wore a crisp white collarless shirt with the sleeves well rolled up and his baggy grey trousers were held up with a piece of string . |
| 7 | Sergeant Collier — the prisoners may refresh themselves. , The party was drawing up with a jingle and a grinding of hooves on a cobbled forecourt . |
| 8 | His brief was to come up with a recipe for a high-growth food with cost ( within reason ) no object . |
| 9 | Her world was opening up with a vengeance . |
| 10 | He landed about 300 yards from a destroyer and was picked up with a leg broken in four places and a broken arm . |
| 11 | ‘ She was hung up with a rope round her neck . |
| 12 | By my first week in-country ( my third on mefloquine ) I had reduced sensation in my legs , was waking up with a start from severe nightmares which subjectively had lasted for hours ( in reality for only 15 min ) , and occasionally wondering what it would be like to jump the eight floors from my hotel room . |
| 13 | Like that of Curgenven , his own rising professional career was bound up with a commitment to expansionist sanitary reform . |
| 14 | The box was always somewhere on the floor by his bed , and was tied up with a bow , as if it was a precious parcel or a gift intended for a special person ; the bow was tied from a length of scarlet nylon ribbon which Boy had seen in the dustbin outside a florist 's , and had stolen , and taken home and ironed , having sensed at once that its splendid colour made it suitable for the tying up of this very special box . |
| 15 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |
| 16 | Just about every fertility clinic in the country was set up with a government grant . |
| 17 | A small project was set up with a group of students who had chosen library work as part of their Foundation Study . |
| 18 | He tumbled sixty feet before he was brought up with a jolt . |
| 19 | Retiring , should n't have thought you were old enough , Art was brought up with a jolt . |
| 20 | A penalty was followed up with a try from Dan Dooley . |
| 21 | Part of the yard was taken up with a shed , the rest was a wilderness of weed with a slate path up to the back door . |
| 22 | The rest of his time was taken up with a slide show with commentary . |
| 23 | His daily existence was taken up with a routine of duties : ecclesiastical responsibilities , the membership of various committees , the Criterion dinners , his engagements at various Tory dining clubs , and of course primarily his publishing work with its endless round of letters and meetings . |
| 24 | The big second-hand machines and new boiler were stored in the vacated building and a two-storey building was put up with a canteen at the front and offices at the rear . |
| 25 | I was actually mugged on holiday er then years ago and I was held up with a gun and it was the most horrendous feeling |
| 26 | This was backed up with a mountain of sweetcorn ( from the local cash and carry ) . |
| 27 | His basic pay of £575,850 up from £344,586 in the previous year was topped up with a one-off , long-term performance bonus of £2,714,624 . |