Example sentences of "was [verb] up at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 2 | The base was picked up at a second-hand store , and the crimson cotton shade came from Habitat . |
| 3 | The phone was picked up at the other end and Charles pressed his two p into the coinbox . |
| 4 | An emissary from London to St Petersburg was picked up at the imperial frontier and a large number of compromising letters fell into the hands of tsarist investigators . |
| 5 | Interest in recycling was stirred up at a free seminar organised by ICI 's plastics environmental affairs group . |
| 6 | That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour . |
| 7 | In the Junior Clubman class a three nation battle was set up at the very start between Hillsborough 's Richard Lyons , Dublin 's John Grandon and Glasgow 's Craig Murray . |
| 8 | MP Jim Wallace made his appeal for such an inquiry on the floor of the House of Commons ; and when the topic was brought up at the Scottish Liberal Democrats Conference , he was supported by Judy Steel , wife of the former leader of the Liberal Party , and herself one of the first ever Reporters to a Children 's Panel when the system began in 1971 . |
| 9 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 10 | It was standing up at a crazy angle out of a mass of ferns . |