Example sentences of "and [was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After a while we turned into a field , thick with mud , and were marched up to some firm-buildings . |
| 2 | Then all items received a good spraying with the Waxoyl/white spirit solution , and were touched up with Ensis fluid if there was any sign of troublesome ferrous metals within . |
| 3 | They were extremely impressed by what he said and were buoyed up by his message that the Government are determined to ensure that the proposals on reform of the common agricultural policy are strongly resisted because they are not in the interests of Scotland 's farmers . |
| 4 | The other 43 patients underwent long term endoprosthesis placement and were followed up for a mean of 15.9 months ; six ( 15% ) developed cholangitis requiring surgery or endoscopic clearance of the ducts , there were no biliary related deaths . |
| 5 | 1455 children entered the Health Study and were followed up for 1185 child-years ( 596 vitamin A group , 589 placebo group ) . |
| 6 | Prospective cohort study in which participants underwent a standard dental examination at baseline and were followed up to 1987 . |
| 7 | The Democratic party winner partied hard through the night in Little Rock after his message of change pulled in voters of all parties who feared the future and were fed up with Bush . |
| 8 | ‘ Then the mist came nearer until it reached a man and an eagle and before her eyes they turned to stone and were raised up as a single standing stone , to point up into the sky . |
| 9 | Finally that evening the engine pulled into Maidstone where they disembarked , and were put up for the night at the local barracks of the Royal West Kents . |
| 10 | Within half an hour of leaving Rockford , the convoy had reached its destination and were drawn up on the verge alongside the perimeter fence , just short of the big front gates of Bethlehem House . |
| 11 | And er really when you sort of l look at the children who were born during the war and were brought up during the war , they 're all pretty strong and healthy . |
| 12 | Men who had been asleep and were woken up by the noise did not appear to resent it but sat up on one elbow and stared . |
| 13 | The Company made a 60-mile withdrawal to the beach at Betano and were picked up with Portuguese and Dutch civilians evacuated at the same time , the relief ships being bombed during their approach for this night landing . |
| 14 | A very few ditched in the Channel and were picked up by Air Sea Rescue , but the majority were posted ‘ missing , believed killed ’ and were never heard of again . |
| 15 | shades they were made in Finland they were the paper pleated ones , er , most of them , no , no not most of them , a lot of them fitted er close up onto the ceiling where they 're intended for centre lights and were held up onto the ceiling with a little spring , erm , they also did some quite nice pleated paper shades , er at a time when you find that most electrical shops were , would have er the old type of erm what is it , imitation silk shades with fringes round them , er fringe at the top and fringe at the bottom and so on sort of thing , when the , when those was sort of old of age everywhere , it was just the same as it 'd been before the war , er it was , you know , quite right really to see these all in different colours , completely plain , but pleated shades but in just one particular colour each shade . |
| 16 | They arrived at 1 pm. and were held up by Immigration Officers . |
| 17 | In the next 5 years , cigarettes yielding less than 10mg were introduced and were taken up by 46% of smokers . |
| 18 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 19 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 20 | It was withdrawn on 18 December 1979 and was cut up at Doncaster on 2 February 1980 . |
| 21 | The parcels carrying service proved unsatisfactory and was given up on 31 December 1911 . |
| 22 | They just went in head first and was swallowed up in the road . |
| 23 | Behind the window , the putty face watched as a Moran , large and grey-speckled with red comb and wattles picked her way across the gravel carriage sweep , paused for a moment beside the bed of unpruned roses and was swallowed up in the shadows of the shrubbery . |
| 24 | The meeting on Jan. 8 , 1990 , was attended by 10,000-15,000 people and was broken up by the police , one person being arrested . |
| 25 | The box was always somewhere on the floor by his bed , and was tied up with a bow , as if it was a precious parcel or a gift intended for a special person ; the bow was tied from a length of scarlet nylon ribbon which Boy had seen in the dustbin outside a florist 's , and had stolen , and taken home and ironed , having sensed at once that its splendid colour made it suitable for the tying up of this very special box . |
| 26 | Despite the hour , he got replies immediately , and was transferred up through systems without delay . |
| 27 | It was the largest force that Barbarossa had ever led , and was made up of experienced warriors , loyal princes and vassals , the epitome of the feudal army under its divinely appointed emperor . |
| 28 | His analysis suggested that the Dogon knew that the planets of the solar system went around the sun in ellipses , rather than in circles ; they knew also that the dwarf-star companion of Sirius ( the Pup ) existed and was made up of very compressed matter . |
| 29 | He 'd drawn the curtain back a little and was hunched up over his glass , staring into the street |
| 30 | After the Soiree an Assembly took place , dancing commenced about ten o'clock and was kept up with great spirit until about twelve o'clock when all departed peaceably to their homes . |