Example sentences of "been [vb pp] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 2 | I took , I took the cheque around on Monday , I had the , the last appointment on Friday and erm since I 've had the abscess , the tooth that 's got a crown on top , I think it 's been pushed up a little bit and my top teeth , the first two keeps catching was this |
| 3 | She had been brought up a good Church of England girl — she knew the drill . |
| 4 | How am I going to manage this house and be a wife you can be proud of , when I 've been brought up a different way , and everybody in the place knows it ? ’ |
| 5 | She had been brought up a Unitarian , but about the time of her brother 's death she decided to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 6 | so it 's been been tightened up a bit . |
| 7 | After the computer has been started up a number of times — possibly 90 — the damage starts . |
| 8 | And an RUC Special Branch officer had been beaten up a few weeks previously after going to meet his UFF informer in Belfast 's York Road district . |
| 9 | A correctly fitting sack is essential to enjoyable walking , especially when carrying a heavy load and the SA harness and hip belt on the Condor have been beefed up a bit from the Jaguar and Panther models . |