Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [vb pp] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But at the moment nothing has been firmed up . |
| 2 | I mean , even if there had been some war I did believe worth fighting , if I 'd been called up or something , I 'm a coward , I 'm just not physically capable . |
| 3 | Stood outside and I 'd been rung up |
| 4 | Yeah , oh yeah I remember it quite well I , I can remember that I , the only parts of Harlow I liked were the country lanes , I did n't like all the new houses , but then I 'd been brought up in the country |
| 5 | I 'd been brought up on heroic stories |
| 6 | It was quite away from the area I 'd been brought up in , but I got to like it and make friends , and I got more independent . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish I 'd been brought up in one of these , ’ he said , ‘ rather than a tower block . |
| 8 | In fact , I 'd been brought up to regard failure at anything as the ultimate sin . |
| 9 | Typical of the man , Ashe seemed more concerned about my welfare , hearing that I had been beaten up outside the stadium by a stick wielding Army officer , than his own . |
| 10 | I told her that I had been involved in one of the IRA attacks when I had been blown up in the Brighton Bomb , and that I had friends and colleagues who had been badly hurt or killed . |
| 11 | I woke stiff and cold , feeling as though I had been scrunched up like a paper bag . |
| 12 | In 1966 I moved from the world of ‘ real polising ’ into areas of operational marginality which were further to confound the preference for the clearly delineated police world I had been brought up in . |
| 13 | I had been brought up to be a hero . |
| 14 | I had been brought up as a Congregationalist . |
| 15 | Jean-Claude had a different way of looking at moral issues from the one in which I had been brought up , and judged correct . |
| 16 | Emma had mounted the first step of the stairs and she was unwinding her scarf when she turned and looked down on her mother , saying , ‘ I would have been many things if I had been brought up in peace . ’ |
| 17 | I had been shown up as small and vulnerable . |
| 18 | I thought that I had been set up . |
| 19 | I 've been mucked up , mucked it up completely now . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 21 | Myler said : ‘ I 've been fed up of injuries and played only eight matches last season after a neck operation . |
| 22 | I 've been fitted up . ’ |
| 23 | I 've been cooped up with my work , but I 'm sure my security staff would have notified me of any unexpected guests . ’ |
| 24 | I 've been cooped up . |
| 25 | K. I 've been held up at Paddington , John . |
| 26 | I 'm so glad you had this conversation with me while I 've been miked up and I 've got it all taped . |
| 27 | But I suspected you were — well , feeling the way you did because of the way I 've been wrapped up in work , rather than because of any change in your condition . ’ |
| 28 | How am I going to manage this house and be a wife you can be proud of , when I 've been brought up a different way , and everybody in the place knows it ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been brought up to think that schoolwork comes first , you know , if you want to get anywhere . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the way I 've been brought up . ’ |