Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ha the er When it was cut up like that , in the house there was er |
| 2 | In some places the water was deep , in others it was silted up in little , narrow islands of spiky , brown reeds . |
| 3 | Five British soldiers were killed in Londonderry , 10 were seriously injured and about 18 residents of a nearby housing estate were treated in hospital when early on Oct. 24 a man was forced by the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) to drive a van packed with explosives into an Army checkpoint , where it was blown up by remote control . |
| 4 | I then told him it was the Sun and I explained all about the Sun being a star and how it was made up of hot gases , and it was in the Galaxy , and our galaxy was only one of lots of galaxies . |
| 5 | The old Eagle Warehouse had the appearance of a curve at the west end of Bothwell Street , though in fact it was made up of four straight sections each placed at a shallow angle . |
| 6 | It was made up of tiny dots . |
| 7 | Once more he was overcome with a strange feeling , but this he could recognise , for it was made up of unadulterated fear . |
| 8 | Designed by Roger Dean , of the Royal College of Art , it was made up of 12 polyurethane foam sections joined together with contact adhesive to form a high dome , 4ft in diameter . |
| 9 | Almondsbury were back on level terms two minutes after the break when Storey was allowed to centre , and although Tony Price cleared off the line , it was followed up by another player to hammer in . |
| 10 | But support had been no more than patchy until it was taken up by such a strong party group on the eve of electoral victory . |
| 11 | ( Italian opera had already appeared in Munich in 1653 , very soon after the end of the Thirty Years War ; indeed it was taken up by several German courts during the 1650S . ) |
| 12 | It was wound up in 1950 , as Europe moved on to other things . |
| 13 | Kept going only by subsidies , it was wound up in 1846 in circumstances which seem to have been anything but harmonious . |
| 14 | It could still be modified for use , provided it was backed up with some new , stronger coercion . |
| 15 | It has one very curious feature ; it was drawn up by one ‘ Henry Balfour , priest of Dunkeld diocese , notary public by apostolic authority ’ , who was in fact no notary at all , and this did give ground for doubt . |
| 16 | It was pinned up by 75-year-old widow Aggie Ayres . |
| 17 | It was wrapped up in black-and-white striped paper and twisted like a unicorn 's horn . |
| 18 | Research shows that ‘ a very substantial ’ market exists for the product — the first to be launched by Royal Bank Insurance Consultants since it was set up on 1 October 1991 . |
| 19 | It was set up between 1876 and 1884 as a combined concert hall , gallery and art school , and until the war , it also served to house the parliament . |
| 20 | This arrangement was used for the BBC ( the corporation ) in 1927 when it was set up under Royal Charter , and for the commercial broadcasting sector from 1954 onwards . |
| 21 | It was set up under Educational Support Grant funding in 1986 , but was financed by the City Council when the grant expired in April 1989 . |
| 22 | Long involved in Institute affairs , he headed its Taxation Committee from 1978 , became a Council member in 1988 and was a founder member of the Tax Faculty when it was set up in 1991 . |
| 23 | It is July 1994 and the company has taken a relaxed attitude to preparation of its accounts since it was set up in 1991 . |
| 24 | The CRE investigation , its first against any named council or organisation in Scotland since it was set up in 1976 , will focus on alleged breaches of race relations and employment laws for failing to provide for children who do not speak English fluently and for failing fully to involve their parents . |
| 25 | It was set up in 1981 by the British water industry in response to the United Nations ' Water Decade of 1981 to 1990 . |
| 26 | It was set up in 1981 and became a limited company in 1990 . |
| 27 | It was set up in 1985 as a pioneer of transaction processing monitors , but developed into a computer services company . |
| 28 | This had been the intention of The New Order in 1908 and many of its contributors were enthusiastic backers of the Unionist Social Reform Committee when it was set up in 1911 . |
| 29 | Over the years since it was set up in 1982 , the Foundation has provided funds for the purchase of teaching equipment , the development of Library services , the restoration of much-loved features of the University gardens , a scholarship for under-privileged students from overseas , the publication of monographs , and improvements to sports facilities . |
| 30 | The Royal Ordnance site at Westcote near Aylesbury has been at the forefront of rocket research and development since it was set up in 1946 . |