Example sentences of "[adj] i [be] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1672 , for example , the Dutch Cromwell , de Witt , was torn limb from limb in the street by a frenzied mob , and in 1986 I was beaten up in a bar . |
| 2 | No , all I say to Richard , is I 'm sorry I 'm tied up . |
| 3 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 4 | ‘ Couple of my boys tell me you 're trying to earn a piece of that five grand I 'm putting up . |
| 5 | Just to top , make sure I 'm topped up . |
| 6 | I 'm sure I was set up and this girl was exactly the sort of person they 'd be able to get to do it , because there was no sense in it otherwise . |
| 7 | At first I was washing up and making the tea , then I progressed to collecting requests before I finally took the plunge and started doing my own programme . |
| 8 | At one point in 1987 I was bowling up the M6 talking to a colleague in London on my ‘ hands-off ’ Cellnet phone — it had a microphone in front of me on the visor . |
| 9 | Yeah , it 's alright I 'm giving up now anyway |
| 10 | The next I was blown up ! ’ |