Example sentences of "up in a box " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would dream up all kinds of possibilities — like beetles crawling over different shaped surfaces , and someone being shut up in a box in outer space trying to find out whether he was accelerating or being acted upon by gravity — and would then test out these ideas to see if they had anything to say about the real world . |
| 2 | He 'd like to shut me up in a box for the next two years . |
| 3 | She 's so damned intent on following in Chrissie 's footsteps … do you want to see her end up in a box , as well ? ’ |
| 4 | she said it was all packed up in a box and I said well you would n't see it then would you ? |
| 5 | Well I , I mean if it was wrapped up in a box |