Example sentences of "up in a [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 In the case of Repton light-middleweight Leon Young , there was no encouraging influence at all as he was brought up in a Dr Barnardo 's home in Barkingside .
2 stake in National Power or PowerGen to bring pressure to bear on those companies to reduce the development of gas-fired stations , they might end up in a United Kingdom court for breaking United Kingdom company law .
3 we were close when I was in Washington , and whichever way you slice it he wo n't want my brother being buggered or beaten up in a New York jail . ’
4 He was a young Irish American who 'd picked her up in a New York bar a week ago .
5 Kinnock , born in 1942 , grew up in a South Wales scarred by memories of the Depression but recovering from its reality .
6 He grew up in a San Jose barrio called Sal si Puedes ( get out if you can ) ; Mexican-Americans were treated as faceless serfs .
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