Example sentences of "tied up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this , besides the preliminary pasting of the wrapper , coloured paper and sandpaper had to be done 144 times for 2¼d , and even this is not all , for every drawer and case have to be fitted together , and the packets tied up with hemp . |
| 2 | Tied up with poll tax , it was done before poll tax was erm it 's only just been announced because there 's been a lot of negotiations going on , but the figure was committed before poll tax came into being — right ? |
| 3 | The man in the light-brown coat spooned the henna powder on to fancy scales with tiny brass weights , then folded it into a sheet of brown paper tied up with string . |
| 4 | There a few items lying around on the battlements for the adventurers to find : old arrows and rusty arrowheads , a bucketful of congealed pitch , a bunch of rotten torches tied up with twine , a rotted length of rope and the like . |
| 5 | It 's alleged that Leyshon and Stokle were lured here and tied up at knife point , before being transported to the hill . |
| 6 | And as Gabriel walked away , the Mason was heard to say loudly , ‘ I hope you keep him tied up at night . |
| 7 | And when they tied up at Water Gypsy 's permanent moorings , he gathered his few possessions together and left with only the most perfunctory of farewells . |
| 8 | To warm herself up she lay in hot water up to her chin , her hair tied up on top of her head , consoling herself with the fact that physically she was almost back to normal . |
| 9 | diversification of the skills and facilities tied up in defence — half of Britain 's publicly-funded R & D — into civil work . |
| 10 | ‘ reduce working capital tied up in stock from £12.3m to £6m and improve customer service within 12 months . ’ |
| 11 | In turn , this smaller batch production ability has meant a change in stock replenishment policy , reducing working capital tied up in stock from £12.3m to £9.3m by end January 1992 and to £6.2m to end April 1992 . |
| 12 | Strictly for those of you who think Bruce Springsteen 's latest kipathon is rock at its best and find Deacon Blue a little too raw , the new Del 's single is produced in AOR hell and tied up in studio rock toss . |
| 13 | With more and more money tied up in investment and machinery , firms would be unable to buy off workers during slumps and class conflict would be raised . |
| 14 | Packages tied up in string |
| 15 | You go stupid on yourself for a moment , as the luck wobbles , threatens to fly away and leave you ; you stare at the place where he was , lying curled up , tied up in front of the door ; you stare at the empty stretch of carpet , dumbly , as if staring will help . |