Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard to be torn up by the roots , to have his books , easels , prints and materials of study dragged from their places . |
| 2 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 3 | If you are on your GP 's books , then you 'll be picked up by the schemes . |
| 4 | If you are on GP 's books , then you 'll be picked up by the schemes . |
| 5 | Am I going to some strange hospital with him to see his dad , or am I going to wander around Bristol all day waiting to be picked up by the police or my poor darling anxious parents ? |
| 6 | Absurd of him , because at the end of the following week the annual staff assessments were due to be drawn up by the Superintendents . |
| 7 | If people are working in groups , anyone who spends too long recording or drawing will either be hurried up by the others or excluded from the group 's progress . |
| 8 | The proposal , which will probably be taken up by the NUS , is for a ‘ national crèche scheme ’ . |
| 9 | Anyone partaking in the dungaree revival outside the privacy of their own bedroom should be strung up by the braces and hooked on a lamp-post for the crows to peck at |
| 10 | The Prince Albert was not the only ship to be held up by a dockers ' strike : at the East India Docks , the Jolly George with a similar load of armaments for Poland , was prevented from sailing . |