Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I seemed to be taking up more than my share of the space , and the grief was bad again . |
| 2 | There was an endless pause , as Roman seemed to be weighing up this piece of sheer bravado . |
| 3 | Poor Jasper happened to be curled up asleep some five feet away at the time and was rudely awakened . |
| 4 | I , you know , usually for the hundred tonight I meant to be served up one packet and that means Wednesday buying |
| 5 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |