Example sentences of "i was [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was beaten up a lot by my aunt . |
| 2 | I admit I was sending up a silent prayer as we trotted towards the first fence , but I need n't have worried . |
| 3 | The noose was tightened and I was pushed up a ladder . |
| 4 | I was giving up a great deal of my own time , I may say , just to supplement the inadequate teaching he got at Burleigh . |
| 5 | Not that she believes in anything , religion and so on — and nor do I of course , though I was brought up a little as a Catholic — but she goes by omens , auguri . |
| 6 | I was brought up a Catholic but I discarded it quite early on . |
| 7 | After all as I tramped around the hillside barns in the frosty air I was working up a better appetite for my turkey than all the millions lying in bed or slumped by the fire ; and this was aided by the innumerable aperitifs I received from the hospitable farmers . |