Example sentences of "[vb pp] up on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 2 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 3 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 4 | The metric system was then built up on the decimal system , which you already have been studying . |
| 5 | In fact the Ravenscraig , present Ravenscraig was built up on the first place from a steelworks known then as Corral Steelworks . |
| 6 | The final articles of agreement drawn up on the 17th April allowed the lease for a term of 21 years . |
| 7 | The voice belonged to George , he had drawn up on the other side of the road , and as I walked towards him his voice was getting impatient . |
| 8 | ( At the same time , though its existence was naturally concealed from the rank-and-file , a ‘ Line of Panic ’ was also drawn up on the inner circle of forts , Belleville , Souville , Tavannes and Moulainville . |
| 9 | What prompted blunter speaking we do not know , but there was to be no lack of plainness in the English memorandum drawn up on the 31st . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I have drawn up on the attached sheet the numbers of staff required in my estimation to deal with Council Tax in the future . |
| 12 | Choosing the right sparkling wine can be a bit of a minefield , especially if you 're not clued up on the different brands available . |
| 13 | Large numbers of drowned dolphins are being washed up on the south-western coasts of England , apparently as a result of being caught in fishing nets . |
| 14 | Nothing more was heard of Cargo , who were rumoured to be considering dropping the loaves outside Dutch territorial waters , until a month ago a number of loaves of bread were found washed up on the Dutch coast . |
| 15 | Monk seal bodies are periodically washed up on the Mediterranean cost and there are fears the virus will lead to their extinction . |
| 16 | ‘ My , but we must have got up on the right side of the interrogation cell this morning . ’ |
| 17 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
| 18 | WordPerfect has given up on the Wild West theme in favour of giving away peagreen baseball hats . |
| 19 | A scrawled message propped up on the far bedside table suddenly caught her eye . |
| 20 | This man and my father had joined up on the same day , they went to the same school , played football together , both courted my mother and both fell in love with her — and she ended up marrying them both . |
| 21 | Jeanne sat hunched up on the wooden cot which served as a bed . |
| 22 | As traffic congestion has built up in town centres , so new development centres have sprung up on the urban fringe and in the open countryside , where car-based access is , at least initially , easier . |
| 23 | If he had never seen that leaflet pinned up on the Catholic Society notice-board at college , he would never have dreamt of participating in the pilgrimage . |
| 24 | His Dad had pulled up on the other side of the road . |
| 25 | In one form — the earliest is usually attributed to the Boston Consulting Group , USA — a 3 × 3 matrix is set up on the two axes as in Figure 2.4 . |
| 26 | I have founded my judgment upon the grounds which I have already expressed , but I do not wish to be understood as thereby negativing the proposition that a defence might be set up on the alternative basis mentioned by Willes J. In my opinion this appeal should be allowed . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade . |
| 29 | It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows . |
| 30 | The main finishing dais will be set up on the cobbled William Brown Street . |