Example sentences of "[adj] [vb pp] up in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And secondly , and very much wrapped up in the same point with this , they 're also coy about the sort of people they 're looking for . |
| 2 | We were all caught up in the shock and wondered what the significance was . |
| 3 | It 's all tied up in the shops . ’ |
| 4 | Thus law , religion and mortality were all bound up in the imperial title and role , and any offence against the Emperor and his law was an offence directly against God . |
| 5 | It 's all wired up in the back as well . |
| 6 | Rex and Harpo/Chico were all nuzzled up in the land of nod , so I took myself over to the window to watch the sun rise over Presley City . |
| 7 | The work of the Commission is , however , quite long term and we will not see quick decisions — those caught up in the process may find in time that the cost of conversion to unitary authorities is too prohibitive . |
| 8 | However , it is all too easy for those brought up in the Near Eastern traditions , when they hear Hindus talking of many gods , to suppose that they are talking of what they consider to be the supreme reality . |
| 9 | It is this inhibition that is allegedly displayed , in the well-known case , by those brought up in the kibbutz . |
| 10 | At first encounter this conclusion was exceedingly unpalatable to those brought up in the clarity of classical physics . |
| 11 | Figure 7.6 shows that the average number of dependent children in the household is generally higher in the local authority sector , especially for young heads of household , but by the late forties , the younger ages of childbearing ( and the earlier leaving-home patterns of those brought up in the local authority sector ) mean that the values are very similar . |
| 12 | These private verses were first collected up in the Nonesuch Collected Papers vol. 2 ( see MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ) . |