Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , they may be lifted up the backstay by shockcord to keep them out of the way . |
| 2 | Only people with soft heads stick them in the sand and wait to be kicked up the arse by little cheats and liars . |
| 3 | Was n't it hard enough on that poor child to know no parents , to be totally disowned by her relations up in Westlands , to be brought up an orphan in the convent in second-hand clothes , and sent to a secretarial course when she had her heart set on going to university without being mown down by a car on her first week . |
| 4 | A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them . |
| 5 | Ceramic tiles-which can be continued up the space between counter top and unit to make a handsome splashback-come in a huge range of colours and designs and can look spectacular , gentle or fresh depending on the effect you want . |
| 6 | ‘ The idea was that he would be taken up a couple of hundred feet , ’ said Gavin Birkett . |