Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] up in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about midnight when all the children were tucked up in bed we visited the Grotto . |
| 2 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 3 | On the M4 near Swindon twenty two vehicles were caught up in crash . |
| 4 | Oh , er , I do n't know so much about knowing when and how so much , cos it I mean who 'd thought prices of houses would then go up as they did , you know , and there 's er , I knew er a young women that was buying a house and these people said oh , oh it 's , we 're not just ready to move yet , we 're not , and during this time Daisy said were rocketing up in price and she could n't afford one after |
| 5 | The restriction was upheld by the Privy Council which rejected the argument that Deacons were only entitled to protect such part of their goodwill as would be threatened by Bridge if he were to set up in practice on his own account , ie that part of the firm 's goodwill as attached to the particular department in which he had worked . |
| 6 | In the late Eighties Jeremy Ridgway and David Bennett , Zimbabwe-born but living in London , produced the ‘ Cum ’ paintings which were made up in part from semen and shown in New York . |
| 7 | The US Secretary of State James Baker met subsequently with Shevardnadze and welcomed the proposed cuts at a joint press conference , although he had earlier expressed doubts as to whether the cuts were in fact new or were made up in part by other previously announced withdrawals . |
| 8 | The whole horse militia of Westmorland and northern Lancashire , and all the militia of Cumberland , were drawn up in front of the little Lake District town , under the chief local landowner , Lord Lonsdale , and with 10,000 men they easily outnumbered the rebels , but a mere sight of Forster 's advance guard was enough and the whole body fled in terror , leaving the field littered with horses and arms . |
| 9 | All her apprehensions were swallowed up in excitement , but then she did not have the responsibility of a wife and family . |
| 10 | But these analogies — murder , euthanasia — were summoned up in order to generate a remorse he did not instinctively feel . |
| 11 | They were brought up in court and I think that influenced his decision . |
| 12 | What , and I were brought up in church ? |
| 13 | North also said that biblical verses were brought up in conversation , though they do not seem to have made it onto the surreptitious tape . |
| 14 | Fresh air bases were set up in Bank Mine and a team of brave and dedicated doctors went underground to assist . |
| 15 | The cells were cultured in DMEM , with or without the addition of calcipotriol ( MC-903 ) at a final concentration of 10 - 5 to 10 - 9 M. All plates were set up in quadruplicate . |
| 16 | Many of the players were playing up in front of the water but Sam was through the green with a 2-iron . |
| 17 | On 17 October 1952 tanks were lined up in front of the presidential palace and a group of officers led by Nasution called on Sukarno to dissolve parliament . |
| 18 | Four younger men were lined up in front of him and he was addressing them . |
| 19 | Huge four-wheeled carts , each pulled by six horses , were lined up in front of the main doors as Fat Henry moved his furniture and belongings elsewhere for another round of pleasure . |
| 20 | We were dressed up in combat jackets , parkas and webbing , rifles slung over our shoulders , and helmets on . |
| 21 | And before I could resolve the problem I was struggling up in bed , in the pitch blackness , reaching for the shrilling telephone . |
| 22 | ‘ But I was tucked up in bed early — not difficult in Dresden you know , they do n't have West German television down there — oh ! |
| 23 | That evening , when Rachel was tucked up in bed sleeping , the moment came when Fred could contain his suspicions no longer , as Carrie had expected . |
| 24 | Five minutes later she was tucked up in bed , sleeping happily once again , while Jake had retreated to his little ante-room . |
| 25 | When Bodie arrived at the hospital , first thing next morning , Ray Doyle was propped up in bed , looking as chirpy and as mischievous as ever . |
| 26 | Sour milk was hanging up in muslin , to turn into cream cheese . |
| 27 | ‘ Key was hanging up in reception . ’ |
| 28 | A mutiny against the rowing establishment last summer by oarsmen being coached by him was patched up in time for the world championships in Yugoslavia , but at the end of the championships Spracklen declared that he had no future in British rowing . |
| 29 | She was as at home in jeans , hiking over rough country , as she was curled up in silk lounging pyjamas , reading a book . |
| 30 | But Charles had a nagging feeling that , however Marius Steen was tarted up in death , his corpse would not lie down . |