Example sentences of "[being] [verb] up at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most interesting new schemes to be put forward is the Jobclubs which are now being set up at Job Centres . |
| 2 | A woman who is happy in her job and hates being cooped up at home all day win bring back positive qualities to the household , but on the other hand the strains and stresses of work can also leave their mark on family life . |
| 3 | She says she hated being cooped up at home , concocting his favourite tuna fish salad . |
| 4 | Some of the asylum seekers are now being put up at bed and breakfast hotels in Bristol and Weston-Super-Mare . |
| 5 | Too frequently I have made the mistake of buying fresh food once a week and either running out of organisational steam halfway through the week , so all the meals I had planned to cook have fallen by the wayside , or being held up at work or in some other way and grabbing fish and chips on the way home instead . |
| 6 | I start to apologize for being held up at work . |
| 7 | HEART-THROB singer Richard Marx was left shaking with fear after being held up at gunpoint by Chinese gangsters . |
| 8 | A car salesman is recovering after being held up at gunpoint by a man posing as a customer . |