Example sentences of "was [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it failed to turn the heating element off … and the oil was boiled up to 185 degrees centigrade … turning the liquid into explosive vapour . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was propped up on three pillows , which felt strange to him . |
| 4 | The parcels carrying service proved unsatisfactory and was given up on 31 December 1911 . |
| 5 | In the first experiment nasal mucus from the patient , with coryza , was shaken up with five times its volume of normal salt solution , and the mixture was centrifuged . |
| 6 | The issue was referred up to Joint Industrial Council level and a meeting has taken place under the Chairmanship of Mr. Peter Smith , Q.C . |
| 7 | If implemented , the demerger would be the most radical departure in the group 's 66-year history , and the biggest shake-up in the world chemical industry since Germany 's IG Farben was broken up in 1945 . |
| 8 | As for the mild , ramshackle Austro-Hungarian empire , it gave Bosnia peace and reasonably humane government for a few decades , until Austria-Hungary itself was broken up in 1918 — to the regret , quite soon , of many of its erstwhile subjects . |
| 9 | Formerly affiliated to the Psychopomps gangcult , her chapter was broken up in 1995 during a pitched battle with the Road Cavalry in Spanish Fork , Deseret , Jessamyn is now believed to be working alone . ’ |
| 10 | Their collection was broken up in 1979 , when Mr Pohrt , who bought out Mr Chandler , sold the material to the Detroit Institute of Art and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody , Wyoming . |
| 11 | A demonstration led by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Diodoros I on April 12 was broken up by Israeli police using tear gas ; demonstrations continued on a daily basis . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose I read too many thrillers but in the end I 'd convinced myself you 'd got too tough and killed somebody and George was mixed up in that ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why else could they think that father was mixed up in this ? ’ |
| 14 | Wilson was caught up in one European war already : a war which , despite the puzzlement of most Americans , he had decided his countrymen should enter as ‘ the disinterested champions of right ’ . |
| 15 | I knew right then you were the one that I was caught up in physical objection but to my satisfaction baby you were more than just a phase . |
| 16 | The luxurious long black hair was caught up in another sleek French plait , exposing a smooth high forehead and expertly plucked eyebrows … |
| 17 | He was carried up to that garret , probably in a state of stupor , drunk or drugged . |
| 18 | After 10 min , heparin was added up to 10 µg/ml and incubation continued for either 15 seconds or 10 min ( indicated in the figure as +h and +H , respectively ) . |
| 19 | To develop this explanation and to assess the consequences of the war , it is necessary to understand how the world order was organised up to 1989 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established . |
| 22 | He was picked up with two other Communists . |
| 23 | The boy François , alias Abdel Saran , and a member of the FLM since the age of sixteen , was picked up within twenty-four hours . |
| 24 | The productivity theme was picked up in main sessions on Coatings ( Australia , Europe and North America ) , Fibres and Films and Chemicals . |
| 25 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 26 | This argument was not expanded upon but the implication that there should be more evidence of ‘ class struggle ’ in the programme was picked up by Socialist Worker . |
| 27 | Their partnership average of 69 was picked up by three of the four papers ; and the fact that 69 was inferior , among English openers , only to the average of Hobbs and Sutcliffe . |
| 28 | The Association was wound up in 1954 . |
| 29 | It was wound up in 1950 , as Europe moved on to other things . |
| 30 | The Straight Track Club was wound up in 1948 , but ideas were kept alive through Egerton Sykes ' Avalon Society . |