Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb pp] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Though some people found him rather wrapped up in his thoughts , he always enjoyed talking to children about science .
2 She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole .
3 It was just too galling , seeing him all dressed up for someone else .
4 Was he so wrapped up in his beautiful secretary that it blinded him to everything ?
5 His knowledge of the Bible was minimal but he soon made up for it .
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