Example sentences of "was [vb pp] up on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was propped up on the sofa near her open window which commanded an excellent view of the whole of Canons ' Court . |
| 2 | The hour of the evening consultation was posted up on the doctor 's door as being 6 p.m ; no final time was mentioned . |
| 3 | peace was patched up on the basis of the status quo but military victory made it impossible to destroy the new Bulgarian union . |
| 4 | book , she wrote a list out what she wanted , she used to hand it , I remember , I 'd forgotten all about this , let's just say we were at the Co-Op , she 'd hand it in at the counter so the , the groceries counter all , and she 'd written it all out , and when it came back it was , was five minutes , it was all together for you , there it was , it was built up on the counter , and each time the amount was written at the side so |
| 5 | While the investigation was being carried out she was pushed up on the X-ray table with sufficient force to rip the intravenous infusion from an already bruised and swollen arm . |
| 6 | Sunderland L2164 of 228 Squadron was shot up on the water in St. Paul 's Bay on 7 March by Bf109Es of 7/JG26 . |
| 7 | One of these glove-like objects was washed up on the bank . |
| 8 | It would be wrong , however , to think that Callaghan 's speech was dreamed up on the spur of the moment , in an attempt to steal some of the educational clothes of his political opponents . |
| 9 | The figure was hunched up on the seat , its head on the table , apparently almost sleeping . |
| 10 | D9531 did most of the work , but on the day your scribe volunteered for train-crew duty , visiting North Staffs Railway 4F 0-6-0 No. 4422 was marked up on the engine roster . |
| 11 | If more than one yacht visited , a barbecue was set up on the beach , and many a bleary Azorian dawn was witnessed as a result . |
| 12 | In a similar manner to the interview analysis technique , a record was set up on the database for each activity using the numerical codes as an identifier , and a second field used to type in all information needed or produced by that activity . |
| 13 | The software for the 1991 SAS/LBS was set up on the assumption that the Census data was fixed and unchanging ; however , this proved to be unrealistic . |
| 14 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ , initiated by James Callaghan in 1977 , was set up on the premise that education was failing . |
| 15 | Well I was brought up on the story . |
| 16 | Davide was walking now down the street which intersected with the woman 's shop ; she still gave sheets of pink blotting paper for change , and a photograph of her son was pinned up on the shelf behind her till ; the news was that he was in the army , but Davide was ashamed to inquire what that report concealed . |
| 17 | Schoolgirl Camilla Rigg , for instance , was up from Cambridge on a shopping trip to London when she was signed up on the spot . |
| 18 | Too young to be hired as a full-blown CI , he was signed up on the spot as a ‘ subsource ’ , a convenient arrangement whereby he was paid by a DEA CI , rather than by the agency itself , so that , in the interests of ‘ deniability ’ , his name did not have to appear on any official payroll records . |
| 19 | While taxi-ing the crew received an airways clearance and the aircraft was lined up on the runway without delay . |
| 20 | But Donald was doubled up on the sofa . |
| 21 | Highfield came back strongly and should have scored in front of the posts but lost possession their hooker was held up on the line , their only reward was a penalty from their captain Terry Dillon . |