Example sentences of "who was [verb] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Spurs have called reserve team striker John Hendry into the squad , plus Nicky Barmby , who was called up to the England Under-21 squad this week . |
2 | He was laid to rest alongside his son , Arthur , jun , who was shot to death ; his daughter Margaret , who died in mysterious circumstances ; and his mother-in-law Maggie Harrison , who was blown up in a car-bomb attack almost certainly intended to kill Thompson himself . |
3 | ‘ He tackled a player who was getting up after a challenge from someone else — on the touchline . |
4 | She was nowhere near the height of Anna Beckett either , who was shooting up like a sapling . |
5 | Pool Bank has its own ghost , that of an unfortunate wife who was walled up in a small room and left to starve to death . |
6 | It is even closer to Paul 's description of the man who was caught up into the third heaven ( 2 Corinthians 12:2 ) . |
7 | Massud , who was picked up by a Pakistani helicopter from the Afghan border , arrived in Islamabad after attending an important meeting of mujaheddin commanders inside Afghanistan on Oct. 9-12 . |
8 | Mrs Salmon obviously wanted her to because she told everyone who was held up in the bread queue of her daughter 's ‘ interlectual prowess ’ , whatever that meant . |