Example sentences of "was [vb pp] up by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large handwritten notice was propped up by the door — Bürge bleibt hier ( guarantors ' seats here ) — with an arrow pointing that way . |
| 2 | Sterling — now the EC 's weakest currency following devaluation of the Italian lira — was propped up by the Bank of England , dashing hopes of an early interest rate cut in Britain . |
| 3 | They had a two year romance in the thirties but it was broken up by the war and the appearance of Rose 's first husband . |
| 4 | The fight was broken up by the housemaster , whose ears had been open in anticipation for some days . |
| 5 | Most obviously , its rising trade-union support ensured that it was to become the party of the working class , a process which was speeded up by the split within the Liberal Party during the First World War . |
| 6 | Soon another change came as wrights and blacksmiths began to work locally and this was speeded up by the coming of industry attracted by the water power of the Water of Leith . |
| 7 | The cage was lifted up by the crane and stopped when we were 160 feet above the ground . |
| 8 | The flows are covered with large , high wrinkles and ridges , concentric with the edges of the flow , where the stiff surface layer was crinkled up by the pressure of more material arriving from behind — rather like a pahoehoe surface on a basalt lava , but on a much bigger scale . |
| 9 | They never found him and I often wondered whether he went in with his machine and dead gunner or whether he managed to bale out and was picked up by the flyingboat they had stationed in Sicily for sea rescue work . ’ |
| 10 | When Keating painted in the style of Palmer , he was picked up by the Fraud Squad . |
| 11 | The debate was wound up by the Home Secretary who was at his most Clarke-ish , punching the air with his fists and pushing back a lock of hair a la Heseltine . |
| 12 | ‘ Richmond 's complaint is based on what they say was shown up by the video . |
| 13 | Traditionally the contract of employment was drawn up by the employer and there was little or no negotiation as to its contents . |
| 14 | The document was drawn up by the Association of Premier League and Football League Referees and Linesmen and launched by its president , John Deakin , at a London hotel yesterday . |
| 15 | A list of the social and economic problems which could be identified was drawn up by the Executive Committee and approved by the full Association . |
| 16 | The Christian Faith spells out in detail the kind of overall understanding of Christian theology which was opened up by the conception of the nature of religion presented in the Addresses . |
| 17 | The device was thought up by the party 's first-ever full-time advertising agency , TBWA Holmes Knight Ritchie . |
| 18 | .. of warriors was swallowed up by the earth , and the island of Atlantis in like manner was swallowed up by the sea and vanished . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ This verse described a boy who had been trembling in front of the bathroom door , but at the same time this boy was swallowed up by the verse ; it surmounted and survived him . |
| 20 | They sang something noble and uplifting about Spiderglass and the atmosphere of pride swelled Jezrael 's emotions until she was swallowed up by the crowd 's euphoria . |
| 21 | The jangling of his chains and bells was swallowed up by the blackness . |
| 22 | .. of warriors was swallowed up by the earth , and the island of Atlantis in like manner was swallowed up by the sea and vanished . ’ |
| 23 | I was having a nap by the gas fire one evening when I was woken up by the doorbell . |
| 24 | The modern concept was summed up by the Earl of Radnor , Chairman of the Forestry Commission , when he wrote in 1961 : |
| 25 | Aberdeen 's frustrating afternoon was summed up by the loss of Gary Smith before the match with ‘ flu and his replacement David Winnie with a stomach upset in the second half . |
| 26 | The struggle was summed up by the Bioscope , which pointed out that : |
| 27 | The man 's global standing was summed up by the fact that he had the whole of Cardiff Arms Park standing for an ovation that tingled your spine . |
| 28 | The Overseas Research Students ( ORS ) Awards Scheme was set up by the secretary of state for education and science in 1979 to provide awards for partial remission of tuition fees to overseas post-graduate students of outstanding merit and research potential . |
| 29 | Suffice to say that it became evident fairly soon that the existing monetary techniques of regulation were not sufficiently effective , and in 1957 a committee was set up by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to inquire into the working of the monetary and credit system in the UK . |
| 30 | Britain 's ski charity , The British Ski Educational Trust Ltd , was founded in 1966 , soon after the British Ski Federation was set up by the Ski Club of Great Britain . |