Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] up at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Ormerod , a geology lecturer at the Open University , has been held in Oradea , Romania , for the past three days , after being picked up at the main crossing point into Hungary . |
| 2 | Of the 34 recurrent duodenal ulcers detected , 23 ( 68% ) occurred in patients taking placebo , most recurrences being picked up at the scheduled 4 , 8 , and 12 month endoscopies ( 15/23 placebo , 7/11 cisapride ) . |
| 3 | Thanks to an over rate of 11.2 and the time lost to the weather being made up at the end , that fourth day became the longest in Test history , not finishing until 7.40 . |
| 4 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
| 5 | The public consultations on options for the Ipswich northern bypass is being lined up at the moment at office level for mid nineteen ninety three , there 's still quite a bit of work associated with the preparation for that preliminaries that you see , but a more measurable benefit I think Chairman is er that the , that before there is a recommendation that the threat of widening |