Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] up [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I squeeze my way up and try my key in the battered , irregular door at the top . |
| 2 | Sarah was keen to catch her brother up but did n't really get involved in the sport until a few years later whilst studying at Nottingham University . |
| 3 | That means she 'll make her mind up and tell us , yeah we 'll make our minds up , the royal we |
| 4 | He lifted my chin up and looked into my eyes with a funny , half-actorish solemnity , and said quietly , " I am so glad to see you again . " |
| 5 | I put my chin up and tried to stiffen my upper lip , but found I did n't seem to have any muscles in it . |
| 6 | I put my hand up and rested it against Toby 's cheek . |
| 7 | Now I know that if I hold my arm up but keep it still she has the benefit of the updraught and will open her wings and take off . |
| 8 | Hold their finger up and see which way the wind 's blowing . |
| 9 | Erm , and I mean , I I was just cringing after that , hearing all these , minor horror stories coming coming out , and then to cap it all , one little girl put her hand up and said erm , my daddy was stopped by the police once for not wearing his seat-belt . |
| 10 | I was in the most exquisite kind of agony , unable to think of anything but making love to you , and then I was pushing your skirt up and getting my face slapped . |
| 11 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 12 | Well you look at , if you put your hand up and move , move your fingers up at the side , you can see that , you can see that moving ca n't you ? |
| 13 | Put your hand up and give me an idea of some of the things you think are important what do you believe I believe do you |
| 14 | I hang my coat up and start to shout and tell those who are hanging around in the corridor to get outside until the bell goes . |
| 15 | He has to stick his head up and go where the fuck has it gone ? |
| 16 | I lift my head up and look down to the floor at the foot of the bed , where Andy is lying curled up in his sleeping bag , unseen in the shadows , which is why I was being quiet . |
| 17 | It was a Wednesday morning and she walked on the beach before dawn , early so she could dawdle all the way to the fish lines and be home in time to make breakfast and get her gran up and doing . |
| 18 | She always ties her hair up and does n't wear any make up and looks like a boy . |
| 19 | The feeling at the moment is that they are sympathetic towards us , and they do n't see any difficulty in that as yet , but no one is prepared to put their hand up and say yes go ahead and spend the money in that way . |
| 20 | Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest . |
| 21 | She tipped her head up and looked at the sky , biting her lip . |
| 22 | The boy was making straight for the stone , holding his stick up and making little darting glances all round him . |
| 23 | Then get your mask up and get into the Accident Unit ! |
| 24 | But er I think from a comfort point of view er if you do feel the need to go to the toilet , please do n't er think that you 've got to put your hand up and ask . |
| 25 | Then another time I smashed my cell up and slashed my arms and that , because I did n't get any letters or anything like that , so one of the screws came in and they put us down the block . |
| 26 | During the week , whenever they were out , she insisted that she roll her hair up and put it under the cap . |
| 27 | This would enable the men on the bank to keep her head up and give more time to spend on the attempts to raise her from the quagmire . |
| 28 | It used to lead lead to Station and er I 've seen these two when I 've been walking around , I 've seen them take their head up and lift me off the ground . |
| 29 | ‘ He started weight training to build his body up and spent every night working out . ’ |
| 30 | I remember one day I was serving lunch and the doctor strode in during the meal , walked up to his patient who was eating his lunch , pulled his head up and demanded , ‘ What is it this time ? ’ |