Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [vb pp] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the frustration and anger that had been bottled up for 16 years were suddenly out . |
| 2 | Len Daniels had been given up for dead by his wife . |
| 3 | The double bed had been made up for two and there were two pyjama cases — relics of a past time — one embroidered with the letter ‘ I ’ , the other with an ‘ A ’ . |
| 4 | Instead they acted as a brake on German economic power by milking the state of subsidy as if it had been set up for that purpose alone . |
| 5 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |