Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The faint sound of his cello , as I lay tucked up in bed , is woven into my childhood memories . |
| 2 | Around the catafalque are some of his most powerful magical items , which lie scattered around in a strange quasi-circular pattern as if they were being drawn to the catafalque in a spiralling motion and suddenly stopped . |
| 3 | Get tucked up in bed with a good book |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a funny old world — and people like Rose , well , they get mixed up in it . ’ |
| 5 | Bruce Weber 's arty portrait of the now-dead jazzman Chet Baker is hopelessly pretentious — all black and white fashion shots and sun-burst silhouettes — but all this is forgotten as you get caught up in Baker 's sad , pathetic life story . |
| 6 | ‘ For those children who get caught up in totally anti-social behaviour there is no point in just looking at the friendships . |
| 7 | They too get caught up in the underworld of youth subcultures , where the peer groups become more important ( and possibly more caring ) than the family . |
| 8 | As we approach the site , coming off the freeway , we get caught up in a four mile tailback , as there 's only one entrance to the fairground . |
| 9 | Yet they work somehow , because her is a man who had the courage to state it as it is , with such conviction and such power and optimism that somehow you get caught up in his enthusiasm and believe with him , if only for those three chords . |
| 10 | After all it 's not every day you get caught up in a paradigm shift . |
| 11 | Actors are very emotional people who get caught up in their own make-believe — I would n't trust an actor at all ! ’ |
| 12 | If we get caught up in the ice that means she 'll pop up like a cork when the pressure 's on . |
| 13 | London is the best place to mix with criminals , get caught up in breaking the law , and getting injured or killed . |
| 14 | This is not always easy because we often get caught up in activities without thinking about who is really supposed to benefit or who is actually ‘ calling the tune ’ . |
| 15 | Many children and young people get caught up in crime . |
| 16 | If they start boxing young they never get caught up in that scene . ’ |
| 17 | But other couples will either find a way through and re-negotiate their relationship to allow for the different people that they 've now become , or they may shelve them because they get caught up in the , the very busyness of life , what we call the , the productivity phase , which is the third phase , where couples are maybe having children , building up a family , building up careers ; they 're involved in that sort of activity . |
| 18 | It is not only individuals who get ravelled up in this native/non-native business . |
| 19 | ‘ Women get turned on in the head first so speaking to them can work wonders . ’ |
| 20 | She says for every ten acres used for a house 30 acres actually get used up in building pavements roads and so on . |
| 21 | Redundant handles scrape along the ground like entrails and get tangled up in pushchair wheels and unsuspecting dogs ' legs . |
| 22 | So it was easy , I was bathing in a calm sea where I could swim freely ; you ca n't swim freely when you get tangled up in roots . |
| 23 | We are to drink beer , eat cheese , get herded around in coaches , grab every photo-opportunity with ‘ the two lads who made it all possible ’ and officially launch the new Carter long-player ( EC-standard length ) ‘ 1992 — The Love Album ’ . |
| 24 | You have to stand more or less at attention all the time when you get locked up in there . |
| 25 | Well liberation theology is one version of it that in certain parts of the world , particularly where there is great economic and political oppression , where people get locked up in prisons for believing and thinking differently , and where there is very real persecution of the poor , and those who erm have different ideas . |
| 26 | ‘ For a start , ’ whispers Anya into Rainbow 's ear , making her shriek and jump , ‘ I do n't let myself get caught with my trousers down and get banged up in trees and looking-glasses . ’ |
| 27 | Be careful that you do n't end up writing a novel or get bogged down in pseudo poetry with no end in view . |
| 28 | Whatever , if your intestines get tied up in knots over bootlegs , ‘ The Curse ’ could cause terminal internal damage . |
| 29 | And so we 've , now , you know , in these times when you get tied up in red tape and bureaucratic mess everywhere the speed at which has achieved this is admirable and I do really thank you for that . |
| 30 | It 's a strangely riveting spectacle , but just in case your eyes get poked out in the moshpit , they 've got a quite daring array of slightly goth-laced nagging pop tunes , pinned by means of twiddly guitar hooks and belting choruses to that corner of your brain which is exclusively reserved for tunes to whistle in the supermarket queue . |