Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] up [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crew were picked up later that day . |
| 2 | Guidelines for provisioning ( hitherto unknown in the industry ) were tightened up again this autumn for the second year in succession . |
| 3 | Yet even when she had been paid he would still have about double his normal wage — ten shillings , or even less in this village when the contract was drawn up about eighty years ago ; and there were the allowances in addition . |
| 4 | The Friel report was drawn up earlier this year and was unanimously adopted by the council last week . |
| 5 | ROSSLYN PARK 'S captain , Richard Moon , who this season has seen more needle and thread than the Bayeux tapestry , was stitched up again last Saturday after his side were relegated following their defeat by Bath . |
| 6 | The Graduate School of Business was set up over 10 years ago by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie . |
| 7 | The flat fee , which has remained the same since the company was set up over three years ago , has proved to be a winner with both buyers and sellers . |
| 8 | A snail farm which was set up just three years ago is now the second largest in Britain . |
| 9 | A pilot version , carried out in March in Nottingham , proved popular among teachers and students , according to Proshare , which was set up earlier this year to disseminate information about share ownership to would-be investors . |
| 10 | Glenand was set up almost eleven years ago on the initiative of a group of local people to service the community , to provide jobs for local people and to provide training for young people in the Andersonstown and Glen Road areas ( hence the name — Glen And ) . |
| 11 | The club was set up late last year , with perfect timing . |
| 12 | The difficulties of achieving comparability of sampling , measurement , and outcome criteria across cultures are enormous but have been addressed in the WHO 's transcultural schizophrenia research programme , where in one study a cross-sectional sample covering eight countries was followed up over two years . |
| 13 | At the time of writing it appears that the broker in this case has gone into liquidation without making the required payment , and the couple must now turn to the Investors ' Compensation Scheme , which can pay compensation in cases where ( a ) the broker has gone into liquidation , and ( b ) the original investment was taken up about 28 August 1988 . |
| 14 | Filming was held up as portly Mel — still smiling — recovered in a stand-by ambulance , nursing a painful big toe . |
| 15 | ‘ I was held up there last Wednesday . |