Example sentences of "be [verb] up in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll engage to pull down in three hours what you 'll be building up in as many years , in spite of all the lessons you can teach her . |
| 2 | The basis for all these conclusions seems to be that because there are bad comprehensive schools the system must be abandoned ( and if this is not the intention it is likely to be the secondary education for all , which led to the establishment of comprehensive schools in the first place , has , it seems , to be given up in favour of ‘ good ’ education for some and ‘ bad ’ for others , the ‘ good ’ now being variously identified with the rigorous , the vocational , and the wealth-producing . |
| 3 | The church premises at Oxford Street had to be given up in 1922 , and All Saints Church , Paddington , was purchased . |
| 4 | Leaving home , getting married , going on holiday , promotion at work , starting a family , all require certain familiar routines and rhythms to be given up in order to make the most of a new situation . |
| 5 | The company 's accounts state that Nos. 17 and 21 were to be broken up in 1927 and although No. 17 had disappeared without trace , Walter Gratwicke saw two cars numbered 21 side by side in Penge depôt in 1932 ! ( i.e. Milnes Car No. 21 and the ex-Croydon car which replaced it ) . |
| 6 | No. 31 was the last to be broken up in July . |
| 7 | No. 34 was the last to be broken up in June . |
| 8 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 9 | Every instant of her time from when she got back from work till it was time for Emily to be tucked up in bed was devoted exclusively to her precious little daughter . |
| 10 | Sleepy and satisfied , Emily was only too willing to be tucked up in bed , just after nine o'clock . |
| 11 | When the parade finally came to an end , Sergeant-Major Philpott congratulated them all and before dismissing the parade told the troops they could take the rest of the day off , but they must return to barracks and be tucked up in bed before midnight . |
| 12 | ( The printed sheets were ‘ signed ’ with a letter of the alphabet , so they could be gathered up in the right order — one of each , B , C , D , etc . |
| 13 | One acoustic theory is immediately exploded : that a whisper on stage could be heard up in the back row ( Greek guides conveniently fail to take the wooden superstructure into account ) . |
| 14 | Suddenly the lack of sleep and tension seemed to be catching up in one great wave of dizziness . |
| 15 | The more versatile chickpea can be spiced up in salads or puréed with garlic for deep frying or serving in dips . |
| 16 | I 'm a farmer — and if I do happen to be mixed up in other people ’ s extraordinary affairs , it 's no fault of mine . |
| 17 | The unit can include as many net-armed and as many club-armed Night Goblins as you wish , and they can be mixed up in the ranks as you please . |
| 18 | Kress would n't be mixed up in — a trick like this . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ So your next natural thought was that the only short fat man who could be mixed up in this shooting was me ? |
| 20 | I might have known that Dr. Lorrimer would be mixed up in it . |
| 21 | He had to be mixed up in the Cicero Club . |
| 22 | It was nothing to do with her , and whatever it was she did n't want to be mixed up in it . |
| 23 | I had no idea you 'd turn out to be mixed up in all this , ’ she blurted out , ‘ I do n't know what to do . ’ |
| 24 | The legal process , when invoked , has to be speeded up in the interests of the child . |
| 25 | Whereas the railways in the past had been an integral part of the cityscape , running down main streets , leaving in their wake a succession of railroad crossings on the classic American street grid plan , by the turn of the century they were already disappearing behind fences , into cuttings , or underground , a process which was to be speeded up in the years leading to the First World War . |
| 26 | The visitor to an auction may be caught up in the excitement and drama of the event , but the climate of opinion in which it takes place has been created by scholars and critics as well as businessmen . |
| 27 | She seemed to have come down to earth , leaving behind the soap-opera image that she had once appeared to be caught up in . |
| 28 | When this is augmented by oddly tangential keyboard sounds it 's an enjoyable little maelstrom to be caught up in . |
| 29 | It is so easy to be caught up in the whirl . |
| 30 | Again , because of the nature of the allegations and counter-allegations , it seems probable that the hearing would be lengthy and bitter , and in view of their ages it seems to me impossible that the children would not know all about the hearing and the issues raised by it and be caught up in that bitterness . |