Example sentences of "taken up with [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gay energy has been taken up with service provision and public education : little has been left for meaningful activism , and our anger , fear and grief has been kept strictly privatised , so as not to exacerbate the hostility we face in the outside world , and so as not to risk funding . |
| 2 | The rest of the week has been taken up with dance rehearsals which , thanks to my futile flailings , are usually hysterical . |
| 3 | About half the tie the police spend investigating crime , is taken up with form filling and bureaucracy . |
| 4 | The morning was taken up with sales presentations , but all were itching to be allowed out on the water . |
| 5 | Most of Vertus 's hectarage is taken up with Chardonnay vines , but , interestingly , the 85 hectares of Pinot Noir are descended from pre-phylloxera vines brought from the famous Burgundy village of Beaune . |
| 6 | Now Janet , recently linked with rap star Tone Loc , has taken up with millionaire singer Freedom Williams . |
| 7 | But , as a general principle , Northern Ireland 's social divisions ensure that police management prefer neighbourhood police to be on the street , as is their purpose , and in practice about three-quarters of the normal shift is taken up with beat duty , which is much higher than in Great Britain . |
| 8 | Last July , when recovery of the bronzes was taken up with Richard Luce , Minister for the Arts , an MP was told that Britain ‘ has existing channels for international co-operation to help trace stolen works of art ’ . |
| 9 | Question time has become increasingly taken up with party claims and counter claims or with constituency points , while debates often strike ministers as largely a waste of time . |