Example sentences of "[noun sg] and be [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Library Instruction Round Table ( LIRT ) is a unit of the American Library Association and is made up of academic librarians , school librarians , library school personnel , public librarians and special librarians .
2 After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established .
3 The problem is that it only works if your PC has a fax card and is set up as a fax machine .
4 The Democratic party winner partied hard through the night in Little Rock after his message of change pulled in voters of all parties who feared the future and were fed up with Bush .
5 1455 children entered the Health Study and were followed up for 1185 child-years ( 596 vitamin A group , 589 placebo group ) .
6 Cheque book journalism is a broader and more complex issue than the confiscation of the proceeds of crime and is bound up with the more general question of media reporting of the criminal justice system .
7 After a while she became more accustomed to the extreme dark and quite enjoyed blowing out the light and being swallowed up by the billowing darkness .
8 Orphaned Arthur Bell Nicholl left Killead , as a small boy and was brought up by his uncle , Dr Alan Bell , headmaster of the Royal High School , and aunt .
9 Lincoln went into receivership and was put up for sale on 4 February , 1922 .
10 She was coming along the opposite pavement on foot and was looking up at the buildings as if she were not sure of being in the right street .
11 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CAMPERS : Lenny is the leader of the cabin and is looked up to by all members of the cabin .
12 It was undoubtedly his basic creed and was bound up with his quest for Truth .
13 Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing .
14 And er really when you sort of l look at the children who were born during the war and were brought up during the war , they 're all pretty strong and healthy .
15 The greasy impression made by the special typewriter ribbon or special pen rejects the water and takes the ink , and the positive image is ‘ offset ’ or transferred to a second roller and is picked up in reverse .
16 THE HILARIOUS cry of the '70s rocker , dragged out for all festival reviews , particularly as a photo caption for the picture of a naked man who has taken too much acid and is lying up to his neck in a mud pool .
17 The other 43 patients underwent long term endoprosthesis placement and were followed up for a mean of 15.9 months ; six ( 15% ) developed cholangitis requiring surgery or endoscopic clearance of the ducts , there were no biliary related deaths .
18 Gwendolen had had a distressing day and was making up for it with several glasses of this delightfully spicy lemonade .
19 Copper is not usually a natural component of water and is picked up by contact with copper and brass fittings or pipes .
20 The staff and students are quickly getting to know each other and are shaping up into a hardworking and enthusiastic team .
21 It is like in a story such as the ballet Giselle when Alberic goes to her tomb and is caught up in a vision of her .
22 Between 1984 and 1990 , England and Wales lost 53,000 miles of hedgerow , nearly 20 per cent of the total , from a combination of neglect and being grubbed up by farmers for mechanised farming .
23 The last example lies in a difficult area and is tied up with questions relating to be the law of confidence and restraint of trade .
24 Salt from the floors of these buildings seeped into the surrounding sub-soil and was drawn up by capillary action through the stones and mortar of the church .
25 Faster and faster the Wheel trundled , a whirling fiery hoop , until it reached an artificial mound at the cliff edge and was deflected up into the air .
26 The implication here is that these workers have rejected the dominant values of society and are made up of criminals , prostitutes , drug-addicts and other drop-outs ( Lloyd 1982 ) .
27 With the Paisley side leading 1-0 referee Douglas Hope decided a mishit clearance by Martin Baker which ballooned into the air and was picked up by goalkeeper Les Fridge was a pass-back .
28 I was watching Stalag 17 with my grandmother and being felt up by a dirty old man .
29 The even-money favourite was never moving in his best style and was pulled up before the 15th fence .
30 The IT and CTT policies are policies of indemnity and are settled up to the limits of each policy section less applicable excesses .
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