Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a bit shaken up last night . |
| 2 | I tell you what , car 's a bit frozen up this morning |
| 3 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |
| 4 | These poltroons seems to think that it 's a big deal to hoist a few pints of Smithwicks after an afternoon spent with their heads stuck up some geezer 's back passes . |
| 5 | You ca n't , one flat 's not gon na be responsible for having the hall lit up all night long which it will be and then length of time , unless it 's on a timer switch . |
| 6 | We learnt to swim in the opaque water with our little slips sewn up half way seamwise . |
| 7 | The band , who hail from exotic Camden in North London , have several dates lined up this month at London Kilburn Hibernian Club ( supporting Cud and Beef ) November 15 then London West Hampstead Moonlight Club 16 , Hull Adelphi 23 . |
| 8 | The band , who hail from exotic Camden in North London , have several dates lined up this month at London Kilburn Hibernian Club ( supporting Cud and Beef ) November 15 then London West Hampstead Moonlight Club 16 , Hull Adelphi 23 . |
| 9 | The head office golf society has a big season lined up this year , so are hoping that the wet weather on March 31 at Langley Park will not set a precedent for its forthcoming dates . |
| 10 | round the sides where they 've got the drunks tucked up old steel rails all around |
| 11 | All I 'm supposed to be his friends cut up all morning And Maureen asked him to cut them out I E to go round the edge . |
| 12 | If yours is the kind of garden that is attractive to hedgehogs — lots of cover , plenty of natural food and close to other good habitats — then you could well find your offer of a house taken up this winter . |