Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was only in the nineteenth century when all the loopholes had been stopped up that marriage became in fact what it had always been in theory , indissoluble . |
| 2 | The next day Walter Miller of the Edison Company was asked whether all the musical records he sent would have the title on the end of the cylinder , as they had seen arranged at the laboratory the day before , to which he replied , ‘ Yes sir , they will be fixed up that way ’ . |
| 3 | Pity she 's covered up that copper head . |
| 4 | When the shopping centre was locked up that night , Ray Coary the manager praised my work , and tried to press an envelope on me . |
| 5 | He was tied up that evening , apologies , and the rest of his team were out of town . |
| 6 | It was set up that way , certainly , but was it set up by him ? ’ |