Example sentences of "been [vb pp] up [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several ways in which assistance might be available to people who have been caught up in some of those unfortunate schemes . |
| 2 | Machine knitting plays an important part in stimulating the residents ' creative talents and a small textile workshop has been set up with some encouraging results . |
| 3 | Special police units have been set up in some areas , usually but not always staffed by women police officers . |
| 4 | The first is the ‘ life course ’ approach which was first developed by sociologists , but has recently been taken up by some historians . |
| 5 | He 's a gifted songwriter whose tunes have been taken up by some of the country 's top folk singers . |
| 6 | It seems they had been beaten up in some way by other prisoners but we do not know who . ’ |
| 7 | In all the houses , a burned , ashy sediment had been piled up around some of the cooking-holes while they held containers , and this sediment was particularly rich in plant remains . |
| 8 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |