Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] up on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why you 're tied up on the floor and I 'm aiming a gun at you . ’ |
| 2 | The following protocol for neonatal pain relief has been drawn up on the basis of a review of published literature , experience , and discussion with senior medical and nursing staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and other neonatal units . |
| 3 | The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 4 | She finds a fisherman who has been washed up on the shore . |
| 5 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 6 | It was only thirty-six hours since she 'd been washed up on the island like a piece of flotsam , she reminded herself ; early days to start bewailing her fate . |
| 7 | The procedures of the 1981 Act ensure that statements are drawn up on the basis of the pupil 's individual needs , but with the general aim of ensuring , as far as possible , an education comparable with that of the pupil 's age group in the mainstream . |
| 8 | Back in the car G. repeats that the day has been typical except we have n't been called up on the radio and he 's been called up twenty-nine times in the last month . |
| 9 | And it has n't been pulled up on the airline ? |
| 10 | Even afterwards at Four Winds , where a marquee had been set up on the lawn , and the guests mingled , Merrill still saw the affair as a disjointed series of impressions . |
| 11 | turnpikes or toll-bars have been set up on the several great roads of England , beginning at London , and proceeding thro' almost all those dirty deep roads , in the midland counties especially ; at which turnpikes all carriages , droves of cattle , and travellers on horseback are obliged to pay an easy toll … in no place is it thought a burthen … the benefit of a good road abundantly making amends . |
| 12 | As you know , something 's wrong with the computerized route-finder on the Glory ; one 's already been found up on the hill . |
| 13 | I had also been brought up on the story of the man who boasted that his ancestor had lost his leg at Waterloo , to which the response was ‘ Which platform ? ’ |
| 14 | His family background was humble but he had been brought up on the writings of Beatrice and Sidney Webb and the philosophies of George Bernard Shaw . |
| 15 | United fans have been brought up on the sublime skills of attackers like Best , Law , Charlton , Stuart Pearson , Jimmy Greenhoff and Frank Stapleton . |
| 16 | The problems with most people , if I can generalise , is that they have been brought up on the notion that a picture has to represent something and that to them means something recognizable , like a tree , or a landscape , or a windmill , or an oast house . |
| 17 | Aunt Sarah would be curled up on the sofa , in guernsey and old jeans , having chased Robin and Jenny out so that she could phone in peace . |
| 18 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 19 | He had no doubt that the case could be wound up on the strength of it . |
| 20 | To be completely safe , he activated his automatic call-signal which would be picked up on the ground . |
| 21 | He says I 'm gon na be lifted up on the cross . |
| 22 | Polperro 's festivities fell five days later at St Peter 's Fair , and Quiller Couch beautifully described how a pile of tar barrels and wood would be built up on the beach for the entire village to gather around and see it lighted . |
| 23 | This is generally done in much the same way as a diagram would be built up on the screen . |
| 24 | At this point , an isolated plantation will be noticed up on the hillside to the left , and if it can be reached without damaging walls it should be . |
| 25 | These map programs take a fair bit of work , and can not be drawn up on the launching ship ; the sailors load a ready-made map into the missile , and tell it how to get to the initial way-point . |
| 26 | The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view . |
| 27 | thirdly , some principles of professional practice which may be drawn up on the basis of these discussions . |
| 28 | At the same time he said that new rules would be drawn up on the ownership of property , in preparation for the privatization of numerous state enterprises ; in this context he demanded a cut in bank interest rates , from a typical level of 50 per cent to around 20 per cent , so as to encourage private investment in industry , where he said that productivity had fallen by 10 per cent since the start of the year . |
| 29 | It can be drawn up on the basis of historic-cost book values , current-cost book values or market values . |
| 30 | As autumn arrives , the birds migrate south , leaving the foxes to scavenge from the bird and reindeer carcasses and anything that might be washed up on the shore . |