Example sentences of "was [verb] up on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was propped up on one elbow , his dark hair sweat-curled , his eyes gleaming with desire , his naked chest and arms magnificent in their absolute masculinity . |
| 2 | He was propped up on three pillows , which felt strange to him . |
| 3 | The parcels carrying service proved unsatisfactory and was given up on 31 December 1911 . |
| 4 | There was not a great deal to see , as he was curled up on one side with his thumb jammed in his mouth , and four chubby fingers obscured that part of his face not pressed deep into the bolster . |
| 5 | He looked ahead to where the road curved openly up to the left , free road ahead , that 's where he was going up on that open road ahead with this great sense of power behind his eyes , behind his shoulders , in his thighs . |
| 6 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 7 | The Tsaritsyn Commission was set up on 8 August 192 1 , and like its counterparts in other gubernii , were very closely modelled on Pomgol , the all-Russian organ in Moscow . |
| 8 | Research shows that ‘ a very substantial ’ market exists for the product — the first to be launched by Royal Bank Insurance Consultants since it was set up on 1 October 1991 . |
| 9 | The SPSG was set up on 1 September 1986 to promote studies related to science policy in the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | This was set up on 10 February in Dresden when delegates from Russia and Germany held their first joint session to discuss the restitution of art treasures missing since World War II . |
| 11 | In 1962 ELDO was set up on this basis — with the L standing for launcher . |
| 12 | On Oct. 12 , 1989 , a Polish Socialist Party of Labour ( PSPP ) was set up on social democratic principles . |
| 13 | 1.1 The National Curriculum English Working Group was set up on 29 April 1988 by the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Wales to advise on attainment targets , programmes of study , and associated assessment arrangements for English in the National Curriculum for the period of compulsory schooling . |
| 14 | All the local army was ranged up on either side and in front , the chiefs a mass of colour , with their gold-embroidered robes and jewelled crowns and shields , the lesser chiefs in lion- or leopard-skins or sheep-skins dyed in brilliant colours . |