Example sentences of "as [verb] up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young working class in deindustrialising , inner urban areas are seen by the new subcultural theory as caught up in a bitter series of conflicts and contradictions . |
| 2 | So there he was , caught in a trap of his own making — being nice to a woman he did n't like , and mean to one he did , and as mixed up as a schoolboy in short trousers . |
| 3 | He was as psyched up as a footballer about to step out on to the field on Super Bowl Sunday — but he would be sustaining this level of feverish anticipation all winter . |
| 4 | Similarly a Yorkshire millworker describes himself as brought up by a grandfather ‘ who cared for me as perhaps few grandchildren are cared for ; ’ when the old man died during his teens , ‘ by this death I lost a friend . ’ |
| 5 | Often it will be found that a text starts with the B signatures , the preliminaries rarely being so obliging as to add up to a complete signature . |
| 6 | The snow on the path in front of us was flawless ; behind , it was as churned up as a freshly-harrowed field . |