Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the communications parameters have been set up the whole process is very simple and , so far as is possible , completely error-free . |
| 2 | Born in nearby Berkeley , Renee had been brought up the hard way . |
| 3 | More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down . |
| 4 | Every day I do n't manage to catch the same bus home as you do , I 'm fed up the whole evening . |
| 5 | This space thus contains all the elements of the assembly and can be reflected up the hierarchical structure to a level at which assemblies are being considered . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , she allowed herself to be helped up the high step and onto a bunk opposite the one on which Robbie was now lying … |
| 7 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 8 | If your parcel is lost or damaged , compensation may be paid up the specified limit according to the fee paid . |
| 9 | These , with certain trace elements , are taken up the woody fibres and much of the water evaporates at the leaf surfaces , while photosynthesis takes place . |
| 10 | Ebenezer was dimly aware that he was being carried up the narrow staircase . |
| 11 | Before the New World was discovered and Australian resources were opened up the only source of opals known was situated in the Libanka and Simonka mountains north of Kosice in eastern Slovakia . |
| 12 | It also means that if one photographer you know and like is booked up the other one will probably be free to work with you . |
| 13 | Every time the monitor is powered up the de-gaussing circuit fires up and destroys and/or corrupts all your lovely data that 's being stored right next to the great big degaussing coil surrounding the screen . |
| 14 | To promote their interests , and to provide a forum for the expression of opinions , the RMC 's set up the Regional Management Centres Association ( RMCS ) in the mid-1970s . |
| 15 | For the time being , he 's nailed up the back door , just in case anyone feels like trying again . |
| 16 | The first number of each plotted position is read across the horizontal line , ( called an axis ) , the second number is read up the vertical axis . |
| 17 | The wounded German Officer was carried up the grassy bank and placed against a tree . |
| 18 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
| 19 | They had to carry a table out with them , which was set up the required ten metres from the shed wall , and the pistols were laid out , and the targets pinned up . |
| 20 | I was an East End boy myself ; I was brought up the hard way . |
| 21 | All John Smith had done was put up the white flag . |