Example sentences of "she [was/were] [vb pp] up with " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was hung up with a rope round her neck . |
| 2 | The war came , she was swept up with many others by the Germans and ended up in Ravensbrück concentration camp . |
| 3 | She was glad to reach the door of the Seven Stars where she could rest the bag , though she was screwed up with fear that Garty might pop out of some alley , or Samson erupt like a volcano from the bowels of the tavern . |
| 4 | She was fed up with the factory-style working conditions involved in producing a day-in-day-out series . |
| 5 | But yesterday , possums , Dame Edna Everage revealed that she was fed up with rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous . |
| 6 | She had told him she was fed up with plays about love — which she spelled out ‘ l-u-v ’ as if she were saying ‘ b-e-d ’ to another grown-up in front of a child who might be going to throw a tantrum — and that she wanted to hear about some public issues for a change . |
| 7 | She was fed up with the carry-on . " |
| 8 | She was fed up with her life in London , a whirlwind of social engagements which recently had seemed unbearably shallow , and more to the point she needed time to put her engagement to Jonathan , or rather her decision to break it off , into perspective . |
| 9 | It was what was in her immediate life she was fed up with — anything distant or in the past could bring out her interest . |
| 10 | A BUS manager who was forced to give up a rural route said yesterday she was fed up with the whole business . |
| 11 | But last night Pauline Dale , of Newtown Coaches , said she was fed up with passengers continually ‘ sticking the knife in ’ . |
| 12 | She was brought up with her brother , now 14 , and younger sisters now aged nine , three and nine months . |
| 13 | She was brought up with her grandmother |