Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Fish Association was duly set up under the chairmanship of the Duke of Kent . |
| 2 | The judicial commission of inquiry , announced by the Prime Minister , Vere Bird Sr , on April 25 , was duly set up under the chairmanship of a British QC , Louis Blom-Cooper . |
| 3 | The old Whig platform for constitutional reform was slowly taken up by the London Tories , with the result that by the last years of Anne 's reign they had largely absorbed their opponents ' former libertarian rhetoric . |
| 4 | I said I was rather tied up at the school over most week-ends ; though the half-term holiday was the week-end after next and I might just be in Athens then — but I could n't be sure . |
| 5 | Grandfather 's principal interest was to hear the one who played the piano but when he got there he was rather taken up with the violinist . |
| 6 | It was eventually swallowed up by the expanding city . |
| 7 | As such , much of the debate over homosexuality was intimately bound up with the wider argument that has already been identified over the role and significance of the modern ‘ nuclear ’ or ‘ bourgeois ’ family . |
| 8 | It is only too obvious that this balance between action and personal life was intimately bound up with the conditions of clandestine action and could not survive it . |
| 9 | The other end of the rainbow was presumably curled up inside the cloud . |
| 10 | The whole question of the burden of proof was nicely summed up in the Esso case by Lord Hodson where he said : It has been authoritatively said that the onus of establishing that an agreement is reasonable as between the parties is upon the person who puts forward the agreement , while the onus of establishing that it is contrary to the public interest , being reasonable between the parties , is on the person so alleging … |
| 11 | Blissfully unaware that the full panoply of America 's military might was about to deliver him up to the majesty of American justice , President Reagan 's token terrorist was welcomed aboard Skunk Kilo by an undercover FBI team that was so wrought up by the occasion that in placing Younis under arrest they managed to break both his wrists , though he offered no resistance or showed any enthusiasm for the 12-mile swim back to Limassol . |
| 12 | She was so wrapped up in the portrait that she heard nothing until the clink of glass told her she was not alone , and as she spun round she found Alain turning from pouring himself a drink . |
| 13 | I was so shook up by the screeching I could n't rightly say what happened . ’ |
| 14 | It was all tied up with the rigid censorship restrictions of the 1940s . |
| 15 | He was all curled up in the gutter , naked . |
| 16 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 17 | In recession large firms concentrate more output within their own plant where economies of scale yield lower average costs compared to labour intensive subcontractors The advantages of a flexible industrial structure was greatly assisted up to the 1970s by a protected home market which gave companies a secure domestic base . |
| 18 | The questions tumbled from him as he went hand in hand with Beth , down the stairs and into the kitchen , where Peggy was soon caught up in the excitement . |
| 19 | He was soon caught up in the wartime expansion of government activity , being concerned mainly with the regulation of foreign trade . |
| 20 | The high regard with which the instructor force was held was best summed up by the comment that , ‘ Instructors are good professionals but not so sophisticated as to bemuse the trainees ’ . |
| 21 | The situation in 1932 was best summed up by the exhibitor Ed Kuykendahl who suggested to his colleagues that , ‘ under the stress of present conditions , all of us are floundering around trying frantically to create a little business ’ . |
| 22 | So as to keep a fair balance , invitations were also given to all other parties contesting the by-election , only one of which was finally taken up by the Scottish National Party , about a week later . |
| 23 | When the balance sheet was finally totted up after the war , it was estimated that 1O , OOO Frenchmen alone had laid down their lives on this one small corner of France . |
| 24 | In a feverish rush , an agreement was finally drawn up in the corridors outside the court room , under which Virgin were entitled to one more album of Sting 's songs ( Synchronicity ) and also retained the ‘ exploitation ’ rights on existing material for a further eight to ten years . |
| 25 | It would seem that the ordered feudal society , insofar as it ever existed , was already broken up by the late thirteenth century and that the small Wealden peasant , who will recur frequently later , was already a common phenomenon . |
| 26 | A shepherd with his stick , solitary , was already wrapped up to the eyes in his striped poncho , the only true centre of his eccentric flock . |
| 27 | How they did n't see me , I 'll never know , 'cos I was just huddled up in the corner of the alley . |
| 28 | I can not resist the feeling that the Government 's extraordinary surrender yesterday to German bullying over the recognition of Croatia had something to do with the need to appease German public opinion , which is turning nasty on the whole process — or perhaps it was just sucking up to the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. |
| 29 | It was n't even in a fridge or nothing — it was just pressed up against the window to keep it cold . |
| 30 | I was just fed up with the whole situation . |