Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The double volume , Ogwen & Carneddau , will hopefully be in the shops by Easter ; Llanberis , at the time of writing , has much of the text complete , thanks to Iwan Arfon Jones , and Paul Williams has been rounding up all the loose ends .
2 Well the Boat Race has been livened up this year with the publication of True Blue .
3 Though he descended , was made low , now He has been raised up high .
4 The Agnes has been picking up various cargoes from North African and some West African ports .
5 It is just that being shown into the library , which has been shut up these many years , perhaps brought it home to me how very sad it was for … ’
6 VULCAN B.2 XM602 has been sectioned up ready for a move away from RAF St Athan , Wales .
7 Since February he has been snapping up American commercial property .
8 Developed from the Laser 28 , the RF290 has been notching up some impressive results , winning at least three class 1sts in the Hamble Winter Series .
9 He has been put up five pounds for a decisive 2length defeat of Wellknown Character and , as just about the most progressive horse in today 's field , he can scale this extra rung .
10 This motion has been put up this year because there are changing circumstances which really do require us to give elections to the C E C deeper consideration .
11 Centre-half Ian Marshall , who has been playing up front since the start of last month , is out for three weeks after breaking a finger and Neil McDonald is likely to miss the Middlesbrough game with hamstring trouble .
12 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 .
13 Although some have done this display before , the tension 's been building up all week .
14 Tension 's been building up all week .
15 He 's been made up this morning , he 's had a big tax rebate , fifteen hundred quid !
16 Who 's been tearing up all the newspaper that the wet wellies were on ?
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