Example sentences of "is [vb pp] up in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bloke is propped up in the corner of the cab , and blood all over the place . |
| 2 | Or else , because one is lifted up in the air , to be unsettled and therefore restless , anxious , tense and doubtful . |
| 3 | The tree is caught up in the constellations . |
| 4 | Subtle shades of beige from the Crown Expressions range have been ragged to cleverly break up the colour which is picked up in the marble fireplace , pale loose cotton covers and unbleached cotton curtains . |
| 5 | In the seemingly endless , and to male ears repetitive , chatter that goes on among women … a massive and encyclopaedic confidence is built up in the gossipers … gossip serves exactly the same grooming functions for the women as poker for the men … |
| 6 | It is not love if it is locked up in the vaults of our dreams for a better world and a happier life . |
| 7 | ( One exception : sometimes a document , like a complicated estate transfer , is bound up in the certificate . ) |
| 8 | If such covenants are mixed with negative covenants , which appear on the Register , or if they are contained in a document that is bound up in the certificate , they will be apparent , and a conveyancer acting for an original covenantor who is selling should peruse these covenants , providing in the contract for a covenant of indemnity against breach of any positive covenants by the buyer ( see below ) ; ( see special condition K , 34 ) . |
| 9 | He got the French possessions , the heart of the honour , when their father died , he 's count of Meulan , and his line is bound up in the title . |
| 10 | Mrs Thompson said : ‘ A lot of the history of the village is bound up in the names of local places . ’ |
| 11 | Erm this is bound up in the group 's quality system manual , which will be distributed to you on Monday . |
| 12 | This name is set up in the SYSTEM logical name table when LIFESPAN is started . |
| 13 | He emphasized what is summed up in the title of Simone Weil 's book which Eliot would later preface , The Need for Roots . |
| 14 | Mr Eyre 's thesis is summed up in the title of a chapter called ‘ Acting Properly ’ . |
| 15 | But the purpose of all this is summed up in the phrase : ‘ that we … might be for the praise of is glory ’ ( v 12 ) . |
| 16 | It is summed up in the words of Paul about his planned arrival in Rome : |
| 17 | The contrast between sluggish ANC and dynamic ruling party is summed up in the fates of their old leaders , each of whom suffered a stroke in 1989 . |
| 18 | When he entered into Calpurnia an army officer came to him and tricking him and saying , sir , my manservant is laid up in the house with paralysis being terribly tormented , he said to him when I get there I will cure her in reply the army officer said sir , I am not a fit man for you to enter under my roof , but just say the word and my manservant will be healed |
| 19 | Because a very large part of any president 's time is taken up in the ceremonial , in the ritual , in meeting heads of states from other countries , from opening the equivalents of garden fetes , receiving parties of boy scouts , er and whatever else the Queen and her family do these days . |
| 20 | Prior to this it is ensuring its distribution and support is beefed up in the UK and Germany by signing a sole distribution deal with Marlow , Buckinghamshire-based Instrumatic UK Ltd . |
| 21 | The collector will know that it is faked up in the style of an earlier period . |