Example sentences of "i up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they , they play me up every now and then |
| 2 | That cheered me up a bit . |
| 3 | I asked her to bring me up a pot of tea , and when she had gone , inspected the room further . |
| 4 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 5 | ‘ That slowed me up a little bit . |
| 6 | ‘ Shook me up a bit , that yesterday , ’ he said unexpectedly . |
| 7 | I asked Miss Matlock to bring me up a thermos of soup and a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches at six o'clock . |
| 8 | There 's a large room with en-suite bath I can have , and Brian says he 'll fix me up a kitchenette . |
| 9 | Event officials bearing lit staffs wave me up a grit track towards this almighty swim . |
| 10 | ‘ So why has Madge Grimsilk never offered to run me up a quick ball-dress on the wardrobe sewing machine ? ’ |
| 11 | On another subject could someone who is going to the game pick me up a match programme . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's what I mean , ’ she replied , and , since a lot of his aggressiveness seemed to have faded , she felt able to confess , ‘ It — er — shook me up a bit . ’ |
| 13 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 14 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
| 15 | Well , just wrap me up a couple then and I 'll put . |
| 16 | And it seems that if I go Steve , right , bring me up a dozen sweets and I have n't selled one of them well that would be |
| 17 | They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others . |
| 18 | It 's cheered me up no end to be reminded that I do have work and a brain and something to do when I 'm allowed up again . ’ |
| 19 | Six foot seven inches of nicest , brightest man on radio , cheers me up no end . |
| 20 | He would probably have halted the advance and ordered me up the front . |
| 21 | ‘ Hand me up the other bottle . ’ |
| 22 | Great-aunts were sometimes significant : a Scots farmer 's old sister , ‘ very straightlaced … you sat like a mouse ; ’ or the great-aunt of a Portsmouth docker 's daughter , ‘ an old , old lady ’ , who liked to celebrate receiving her weekly pension — ‘ Every weekend , pension day , she had a wee brown jug and she used to send me up the beer shop to get half pint o'stout . |
| 23 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |
| 24 | It started to suck me up the face . |
| 25 | You got to meet me up the railway . |
| 26 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 27 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |
| 28 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 29 | I cried out and then more waves came up over my face and … well , just coughing and Bert carrying me up the cliff . ’ |
| 30 | She 'll ring me up the day before . ’ |