Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] i [vb past] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following day I signed up for an accountancy course as an ‘ extra option ’ . |
| 2 | A little idea I picked up during a sojourn among the dipsomaniacs of Mother Russia . |
| 3 | Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend . |
| 4 | ‘ You wrote an article about Eliot in a feminist magazine I picked up in Blackwell 's . |
| 5 | About the only practical thing I came up with was that I probably ought to start smoking again . |
| 6 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 7 | At our local market I stocked up on walnuts , satsumas and last-minute presents of leather goods , then on Christmas Day the sun blazed down as we tucked into a roast chicken and raised glasses of cheap local champagne . |