Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] up [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll just have lunch , and then I 'm sure you 've got a wonderful programme lined up for this afternoon ! ’ |
| 2 | Getting a bit fed up with this weather . |
| 3 | A plan drawn up to this end by Foreign Ministers at a meeting on May 5 in Guatemala City was later embodied in the Tela agreement [ see below ] . |
| 4 | Was erm the whole town taken up with these sort of two occupations ? |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not spending the day cooped up in this back yard . ’ |
| 6 | She gets a bit cooped up in that hotel sometimes . ’ |
| 7 | The glass used up to that time had had a very poor ‘ memory ’ . |
| 8 | Her patient had finished her tea and now leant back with her eyes closed and the swollen ankle propped up on another chair . |
| 9 | The book was certainly the most thorough document of a country made up to that point in time , and received accolades from all quarters . |
| 10 | Anyone who withdraws more than net interest or pledges the Tessa as security for a loan immediately loses the tax exemption and has to pay tax on all interest credited up to that time as though it were income arising during the year when the withdrawal or pledge took place . |
| 11 | The fire burnt up without much trouble . |
| 12 | In a bygone era the postmen and staff of Frensham Post Office lined up for this photo call . |
| 13 | You must have your face covered up in some way on the night : I suggest a balaclava worn back to front , with eye-holes cut in it . |
| 14 | Allowing play to continue for an hour if such time has been lost during the day is splendid ; but the idea must be extended to ensure that any time lost up to that hour is added on . |