Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up at [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The servants were allowed to go out at the discretion of the matron and the house surgeon , and the house was to be locked up at 10 p.m . |
| 2 | As we work , we can look out of the window now and then and see the students doing physical exercises and practising sports for the sports day on Monday — they 're very keen on physical jerks here , and at Peking we used to be woken up at 7 a.m. to find the Chinese staff doing P.E . |
| 3 | We were woken up at 5.30 am , and Alex and I were told to go over to the kitchens to fetch the breakfast . |
| 4 | At Bridgend Hotel everything was first class grub — rooms — surroundings , but we were knocked up at five o'clock next morning to start by coach at six for Port Ellen in the south of Islay , where we were to join the steamer at half past eight to return home . |
| 5 | And as if the elements were ganging up on defenceless human beings , half the neighbourhood around the bridge was woken up at 3 o'clock on the morning of Sunday , 10 March by shouts of ‘ Fire ! ’ as a stable next to Sheppards ' workshops went up in flames . |