Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] up [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magwitch and I picked up our bags , and said goodbye to Herbert and Startop , so that we would be ready to stop the ship and get on board . |
| 2 | The same thing happens when he picks up his tenor sax , licks the end of the mouthpiece and proceeds to honk and howl like a man possessed … |
| 3 | But the Haig Avenue boss is refusing to take anything for granted as he lines up his first game as a manager in the first round proper . |
| 4 | We could all have thought of suitable answers to that one , but the rigid framework in which we lived dictated that we button up our lips , bite our tongues and suffer in silence . |
| 5 | So far as Richard was concerned if his father was eventually going to insist that he give up his conquests then it was at least possible that he would get better terms if he approached Philip directly and offered to abide by the judgement of the French court . |
| 6 | Mister Johnny 's smile vanished and he screwed up his face and puckered his mouth but all that came out was a string of indecipherable , watery sounds . |
| 7 | ‘ Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave . |
| 8 | Charlie yelled as he hung up his oilskin coat . |
| 9 | Dust flew and he screwed up his face . |
| 10 | What do you think will happen when it picks up our scent , running from one side of the wood to the other , with dew on it ? |
| 11 | Carver watched as they gathered up their files , left the room in single file . |
| 12 | A mother insists on her small son 's going to bed at a certain time , in spite of all his protests , because she knows he needs enough sleep to keep healthy and alert ; but in his view , she is insisting that he gives up his happy play , cutting him off from the rest of the family , for no good reason . |
| 13 | In his memoirs , ‘ My Web of Time ’ , the Reverend R H Gallagher notes that he gave up his car in 1939 on the outbreak of war and never had another afterwards . |
| 14 | McManus laughed as he picked up his bag . |
| 15 | She shivered as she buttoned up her coat . |
| 16 | It would be really rather nice , she thought as she picked up her cases for the fiftieth time that day , if they could all stay together , though it was hardly likely . |
| 17 | In a clear allusion to North Korea , it was stated that " political dialogue with other countries in no way means that we give up our principled positions and priorities or forgo the interests of third parties " . |
| 18 | As against the chaos , or alternatively the uncritical archaism , of such moral thought , he recommends that we tidy up our ethical language so that the words have a firm utilitarian sense . |
| 19 | And it was true , I did and er , and I did reasonably well at most of the games that I play but er I played cricket for St John 's and I played when I was in the army at this last time and er , and erm , you , you know it 's I , I think if you make up your mind and you 're fit enough . |
| 20 | They smiled as I hammed up my exhaustion , then carried on effortlessly climbing . |
| 21 | She put her glass down on a rock and walked into the waters of the lough , gasping as it rose up her thighs and touched her lower belly . |
| 22 | Her brilliant curls spun and swirled as she threw up her chin impetuously , the gesture one of unconscious pride , almost arrogance , as disdain hardened her face . |
| 23 | I asked as we picked up our overnight bags and moved towards the exit . |
| 24 | ‘ Good weekend ? ’ he asked as she hung up her jacket in the narrow passageway outside her office . |
| 25 | With an effort , she kept smiling as he topped up his own cup , added sugar , stirred , and unhurriedly raised the cup to his lips . |
| 26 | Even if , for once , the Kings had not been bluffing when they drew up their armies , these men were reluctant to attack each other . |