Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many different groups are involved in the pollination of modern angiosperms and , in rain forest , this seems to be rather bound up with the level in the forest at which the flowers are presented . |
| 2 | to be laughingly bundled up to the template , |
| 3 | Somehow we survived it all , just as I have survived 20 years of a lead-piped water supply and a further 20 years as an adult working in a concrete hut insulated on the inside with sprayed-on asbestos ; to say nothing of a like period supervising students using the Haldane gas analysis apparatus , a machine that not infrequently spewed mercury from its taps into the air , whence it fell onto the bench , or sometimes the floor , to be duly swept up by the lab boy at the end of the session for recovery . |
| 4 | Atlanta , Georgia , the expo site , will apparently be all dolled up for the festivities with billboards , local advertising , the works . |
| 5 | Atlanta , Georgia , the show site , will apparently be all dolled up for the festivities with billboards , local advertising , the works . |
| 6 | ‘ The sandwiches 'll be all curled up at the edges , ’ his mum complained . |
| 7 | The charge is let in or out of each capacitor by its own switch but the charge continually drains away so it needs to be constantly topped up from the mains or battery . |
| 8 | Fitness was , as ever , a big problem and is a deficiency which will not be easily made up during the Championship . |
| 9 | When trading in or throwing away an old " fridge " try to make sure that it is not going to be just broken up without the CFC gas being properly collected first . |
| 10 | Almost by definition , crises are periods when the normally routinized operations of the bureaucracy are insufficient or can not be relied on , when decisions have to be quickly pushed up through the chain of command , and where unusually large and direct role in controlling policy implementation has to be taken by political leaders . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's certainly wiser to be more covered up in the sun , ’ she says . |
| 12 | The last thing I want after the programme is to be still caught up in the atmosphere of the studio . |
| 13 | Look , Folly — I 'm going to be pretty tied up for the rest of the day . |
| 14 | The various whirrings and whinings which may be emitted by the camcorder itself , not to mention any noises which you make while operating the controls , are liable to be faithfully picked up by the on-board microphone . |