Example sentences of "was [verb] up [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was none too soon ; smoke-grey clouds scurried across the sky and even in the harbour the wind was whipping up little white-topped waves . |
2 | Yet even when she had been paid he would still have about double his normal wage — ten shillings , or even less in this village when the contract was drawn up about eighty years ago ; and there were the allowances in addition . |
3 | The Friel report was drawn up earlier this year and was unanimously adopted by the council last week . |
4 | ROSSLYN PARK 'S captain , Richard Moon , who this season has seen more needle and thread than the Bayeux tapestry , was stitched up again last Saturday after his side were relegated following their defeat by Bath . |
5 | The Graduate School of Business was set up over 10 years ago by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie . |
6 | The flat fee , which has remained the same since the company was set up over three years ago , has proved to be a winner with both buyers and sellers . |
7 | A snail farm which was set up just three years ago is now the second largest in Britain . |
8 | A pilot version , carried out in March in Nottingham , proved popular among teachers and students , according to Proshare , which was set up earlier this year to disseminate information about share ownership to would-be investors . |
9 | Glenand was set up almost eleven years ago on the initiative of a group of local people to service the community , to provide jobs for local people and to provide training for young people in the Andersonstown and Glen Road areas ( hence the name — Glen And ) . |
10 | The club was set up late last year , with perfect timing . |
11 | You know it was taking up so much space . |
12 | By the third week , if a pupil from one school felt that a pupil from the other school was taking up too much space , or holding the microphone at the wrong angle , or not performing a task quickly enough , they would be told . |
13 | The difficulties of achieving comparability of sampling , measurement , and outcome criteria across cultures are enormous but have been addressed in the WHO 's transcultural schizophrenia research programme , where in one study a cross-sectional sample covering eight countries was followed up over two years . |
14 | At the time of writing it appears that the broker in this case has gone into liquidation without making the required payment , and the couple must now turn to the Investors ' Compensation Scheme , which can pay compensation in cases where ( a ) the broker has gone into liquidation , and ( b ) the original investment was taken up about 28 August 1988 . |
15 | Mansell stunned the Grand Prix race world when he revealed that he was packing up only four hours before he was due to start in his 178th Grand Prix . |
16 | Filming was held up as portly Mel — still smiling — recovered in a stand-by ambulance , nursing a painful big toe . |
17 | ‘ I was held up there last Wednesday . |