Example sentences of "been [verb] up on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assume that Crilly has been picked up on one of his many ‘ wanted ’ charges and that the police are calling to confirm the address he has given . |
| 2 | The truth is that Libya has been stiched up on several occasions since Libyan oil was nationalised in 1969 and Gaddafi refused to behave like the American client his predecessors used to be . |
| 3 | They must have been washed up on this ancient beach after being torn from their moorings , perhaps by a storm . |
| 4 | A HOTLINE for people worried about relatives on the Airbus has been set up on 071 270 4112 ( office hours ) and 071 839 1010 ( other times ) . |
| 5 | The new sanctuary has been set up on dry prairie land south of Lac Leman . |
| 6 | Job shops have been set up on both sites , manned by trained staff . |
| 7 | A special recruitment helpline has been set up on 0244 318990 . |
| 8 | I 'd been brought up on heroic stories |
| 9 | But the number-one British favourite , the otter , is both rare and probably the most endearingly anthropomorphic of Britain 's animals , and most of us have been brought up on nostalgic , humanoid depictions of badgers , foxes , hedgehogs , squirrels and owls in our childhood literature . |
| 10 | The creation of this literature in Latin involved men whose native language was either certainly or probably not Latin : Livius Andronicus ' first language was Greek ; Ennius had Oscan ; Naevius , being a Campanian , probably also spoke Oscan as a child ; Plautus must have been brought up on Umbrian , and Terence apparently started with Punic . |
| 11 | This arrangement , which appears to have much to recommend it in professional terms as well as adding to the attraction of professional posts for recruiting purposes , has not been taken up on any scale by public libraries . |
| 12 | However , the conflict between modern farming practice and environmental conservation is by no means an irreconcilable one and , although entrenched positions have been taken up on both sides , there are now a few signs of a more sophisticated awareness of the Problems involved and a more constructive desire on the part of both farming organizations and the environmental lobby to overcome them . |