Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] up on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUST WHEN you 'd given up on Italian House , along come more chattering piano breaks and gusty female vocals to drag you back onto your feet . |
| 2 | I was uncomfortable talking about the poems and Rory 's papers ; the bag lost on the train coming back from Lochgair at the start of the year had stayed lost , and — stuck with just the memory of the half-finished stuff that Janice had given me originally — I 'd given up on any idea I 'd ever had of trying to rescue Uncle Rory 's name from artistic oblivion , or discovering some great revelation in the texts . |
| 3 | Her left hand was curled down under the hem of her skirt , which she 'd pulled up on that side . |
| 4 | Back in Manchester a glossy fanzine called Muze had picked up on this story and published a naively frivolous article which dared to question the somewhat confused ethical position of the band . |
| 5 | It was possibly the first time the BBC had had to take other equipment out of service because someone ( Voigt ) complained of its bad performance , which had shown up on this speaker . |