Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It was hard to be torn up by the roots , to have his books , easels , prints and materials of study dragged from their places . |
2 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
3 | If you are on your GP 's books , then you 'll be picked up by the schemes . |
4 | If you are on GP 's books , then you 'll be picked up by the schemes . |
5 | Am I going to some strange hospital with him to see his dad , or am I going to wander around Bristol all day waiting to be picked up by the police or my poor darling anxious parents ? |
6 | Absurd of him , because at the end of the following week the annual staff assessments were due to be drawn up by the Superintendents . |
7 | If people are working in groups , anyone who spends too long recording or drawing will either be hurried up by the others or excluded from the group 's progress . |
8 | The proposal , which will probably be taken up by the NUS , is for a ‘ national crèche scheme ’ . |
9 | Anyone partaking in the dungaree revival outside the privacy of their own bedroom should be strung up by the braces and hooked on a lamp-post for the crows to peck at |