Example sentences of "have always been [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So my profession , which has always been mixed up in politics , becomes an essential component of nationalism . |
| 2 | And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and |
| 3 | I 've always been brought up to be domesticated — to do the housework and dust and wash up and cook — so it 's a natural instinct really . |
| 4 | And the pretty new mugs were a symbol , something Dorothea would never have found or thought of for herself , for they were hand-thrown pottery , and she had always been brought up to fine-spun china . |
| 5 | Salaries had never been comparable with others in the record industry ; the smaller , more agreeable , ‘ cottage industry ’ atmosphere of the company had always been held up as compensation for a parsimonious attitude to wages . |
| 6 | Men have always been hung up on breasts , especially American men , and in those days it was the only part of the body which could be shown . |