Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whenever you 're ready to go up into town . |
| 2 | The other auction bidders are all tied up with litigation against the Special Forces . |
| 3 | So we are all set up with booze , sex , unrequited love , thoughts of separation , ambiguous sexual status , a grand piano for the singing of old songs and a sniffy Law dispensing trifle with a gimlet stare . |
| 4 | The typical interviewee profile of the ‘ recreational user ’ is that of ‘ dabbling ’ at weekends , usually sharing a ‘ bag ’ with a friend , then gradually filling in the days in between until they are all taken up by heroin use . |
| 5 | Probably the biggest advertising campaigns are those leading up to Christmas . |
| 6 | Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry to turn up without warning like this , ’ Kelly said . |
| 8 | It may be impossible to catch up with history , but no-one could accuse the entertainment mongers of not trying . |
| 9 | Businesses in buildings with glass shattered by the blast were re-assuring staff that it would be safe to turn up for work . |
| 10 | This aspect of the writing of reports has been exaggerated to impress on you that every report , even the least important , must be able to stand up to expert cross-examination . |
| 11 | Jack Ashley MP says the deaf and hard-of-hearing will now be able to keep up to date with the news . |
| 12 | The situation is such that by 2010 , timber supplies might not be able to keep up with demand . |
| 13 | ‘ Soon be able to come up for air . ’ |
| 14 | There were girls who were prepared to put up with fat . |
| 15 | That is why we must oppose anti-porn forces in whatever guise they appear ; which means being prepared to face up to pornography , to understand why we like it and why we find that so shameful . |
| 16 | Cleo cast a dubious glance at the dogs who were all looking up at Lorimer with smiling , gaping mouths and wagging tails . |
| 17 | Behind her back they were all doubling up with laughter wondering what she meant . |
| 18 | She was only guessing like , cos they were all wrapped up in paper , but she said she knew . |
| 19 | In Canaan , prostitution and fertility rites were all mixed up with worship . |
| 20 | Flemish and Spanish doors , slabs of different coloured marble , stone surfaces , panelling , good mahogany , were all snapped up for background effect . |
| 21 | Imagine : I was a bit pissed for a start , the object of my complete love was nesting in my rear-view mirror , the corpulent groom — my best friend — who had spent three weeks pleasuring her in the Hellenic sunshine was sitting beside me with a clank of duty-free between his calves , I 'd lost my job , and the other drivers on the road were all tuning up for Formula One . |
| 22 | Such deliberation , while the youth of Britain were liable to go up in smoke , outraged many . |
| 23 | By the time that you were ready to go up into Standard Three , you had to be proficient to the twelve times table but it did not stop there for later on you had measurement , area , weight and many others . |
| 24 | If a " person-to-person relationship " is made to carry too great a " flow of power " from the dominant to the subordinate position the connection between the two parties is likely to break up in violence . |
| 25 | ‘ You get sucked into the world of married couples , and it 's hard to keep up with bachelor friends . |
| 26 | Marie says there 's a street in town that 's all lit up with Christmas lights — you know , all across the street and that . |
| 27 | Although the information given here was correct at the time of preparing this guide it is essential to obtain up to date information to take account of any changes in official policy . |
| 28 | He is keen to catch up with family and friends , especially his 91-year-old mum Dolly Simmons who lives in Bebington . |
| 29 | Yet , during the late 1930s , Labour 's clear hostility towards European fascism , and its support of the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War confirmed it to be a party which was prepared to face up to fascism . |
| 30 | Last night he got into bed with you and all his face was all puffed up from crying . |