Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament passed the bill and thereafter a creditor no longer had the power to detain a debtor already in prison at his pleasure , since the man could at once petition the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors for his discharge on the terms of his whole property , present and future , being given up for distribution among his creditors — and not only in London but to Commissioners who made circuits to hear such petitions in country districts . |
| 2 | Highway engineers ' schemes for increasing the size of junctions often result in the stone being broken up for hardcore or being tossed unceremoniously aside . |
| 3 | First being patched up in hospital , then giving statements to the police , having Jamie arrested … he got home at six o'clock in the morning Hong Kong time and had the heart attack . ’ |
| 4 | Projects UK is being wound up amid talk of a new organisation and a new location . |
| 5 | Many young people did not qualify and were in danger of being caught up in crime . |
| 6 | Operational deposits make up approximately a fifth of bankers ' balances held at the bank , the remainder being made up of non-interest bearing cash deposits that banks are required to keep at the Bank of England to provide it with an income . |
| 7 | An outstanding example of this type of narrative is Vargas Llosa 's Conversation in the Cathedral , which pivots around a four-hour conversation between two characters , the whole novel being made up of dialogue and narrative units generated in waves by the central conversation , as the two men 's review of their past lives sparks off inner thoughts and recollections and conjures up other conversations and dramatized episodes . |
| 8 | The sweets called marshmallows do not now contain any of the substance of the plant , being made up of gum , egg-white , flour , sweetening , colouring and so on . |
| 9 | The gold content of the average coin is barely four parts in twelve , the balance being made up of silver , copper — ’ |
| 10 | It was n't a case of being fed up with golf , I just get really tired so I put the clubs in the bag and forget them . ’ |
| 11 | Hotel rooms will be smaller than their US equivalents , the park itself is on a smaller scale and , although plans are already being drawn up for Phase Two , incorporating a European MGM Studio theme park , the initial range of attractions wo n't rival Disney World in Florida . |
| 12 | SHOCK plans to close Seacombe Ferry terminal recently-revamped by Mersey Ferries are being drawn up in secret by transport chiefs . |
| 13 | Mr Gummer declared that a consultation paper is being drawn up in order to put regulations under an already existing Act before Parliament by the summer . |
| 14 | A Farnham Lane resident who did not wish to be named said that he was strongly opposed to any footpath being opened up to traffic . |
| 15 | You are in the top form competing against children more than twice your age and all that mental energy is being used up in class . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , I do n't want 'im bein' shown up in front of 'is fam'ly in the kitchen , ’ said Mrs Cousins . |
| 17 | It 's not as bad as being banged up in prison . |
| 18 | yeah , well let me just read you two or three verses from Exodus , chapter forty , this is what it says then the cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle and Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle and throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle the sons of Israel would set out , but if the cloud was not taken up then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up , for throughout all their journeys the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day and there was fire in it by night , in the sight of all the house in Israel and if you were to turn over to kings you 've got a , you 've got a similar thing there with the dedication of the temple and as Be Ben was saying the power really it 's the it 's the presence of God , the shine , the glory , that cloud of , and so what , what , what catches the Lord Jesus up is really the glory of God here he is , the , the riseness , the glorified Christ being called up into heaven in the , in the glory , what he 's been glorified , so he withdraws his physical , physical presence from one place here on earth to present there on the throne and yet by the holy spirit to be every where now Jesus then , he did n't cease to be truly man at either his resurrection or at his ascension , he stays man , God , the God man all the way through and it 's still true today he is the God man today and that 's important for you and me , think of the very worse experience that you have ever had in your life , think of the very worse experience that could happen to you , with the exception of you know that of , of say total failure of some awful sin , the worse thing , maybe a loss of someone dear to you , someone very close to you , er , er , a bereavement , the most awful experience you have had well he has gone through , he has known that experience , he has , has tempted in all points like as we are he knows our frame , he remembers were dust and he has been there and it is a man who has experienced those same experiences that you and I experience day by day , year after year , it is a man who has gone that , who has walked that path , who is in heaven interceding and praying for us , we 'll stop there cos time has gone erm we 'll stop there , we wo n't go on otherwise I 'll get into trouble During this past month some of the questions in the New Testament , the first one we looked at you remember was that question that Jesus asked of his disciples , do you believe that I am able to do this , then we looked at a question which the disciples asked of Jesus , why could we not cast it out last week we looked at another question , are only a few people going to be saved and this morning I 'd like us it 's the final one of these questions not that there are n't other questions in the New Testament and scores , scores of others but were just looking at four er throughout this month , I 'd like us to look this morning for one at , for a few minutes , at one that Jesus asked of a man who confronted him , I 'd like to read a few verses from Luke chapter eighteen , Luke chapter eighteen I 'm gon na read from verse thirty five , it 's the well known account of blind Bartimaeus , Luke chapter eighteen and verse thirty five and he came about that as Jesus was approaching Jericho a certain blind man was sitting by the road begging , now hearing a multitude going by he began to inquire |
| 19 | Gower , who will be going to India as a commentator for BSkyB and could find himself being called up in case of injury , said : ‘ It 's a boost to one 's morale to know people care . ’ |
| 20 | RESTAURANT group Simpsons of Cornhill is on the verge of being swallowed up by holiday and printing company Baldwin in a deal worth £1.7m . |
| 21 | RESTAURANT group Simpsons of Cornhill was on the verge today of being swallowed up by holiday and printing company Baldwin in a deal worth £1.7m . |
| 22 | On the next page of the sketch-book is a picture of her being borne up to heaven by cherubs , much in the style of the concluding illustration of The Old Curiosity Shop . |
| 23 | ‘ Some could be quite nasty , with people being tied up with ink chucked at them . |
| 24 | This is consistent with the view that the currency is undervalued : Hong Kong 's goods and services , unnaturally cheap in dollar terms , are being pulled up in price toward international levels . |
| 25 | The renewed interest in alternative fuels and feedstocks has revived coal gasification and the old technology is rapidly being brought up to date . |
| 26 | Both syllabuses and examinations were being brought up to date , and he was in the forefront of the new developments . |
| 27 | Instead of being lured up to Whit 's room with you and erm other people |
| 28 | One of the most interesting new schemes to be put forward is the Jobclubs which are now being set up at Job Centres . |
| 29 | Work on developing a computerised database compatible with the BGS borehole database and the GIS network being set up by Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland continued . |
| 30 | But Martin Deery weighed in with number six in the closing minutes , fittingly being set up by club captain Clarke , who was brought on along with Holywood 's other French players to savour their historic championship moment . |