Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] they [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also discovered that they earned up to 40 p.c. commission on every policy sold . |
| 2 | Rourke bared his teeth , and in the tense moments that followed as they squared up to each other they heard the unmistakable sound of a cough , and turned to see Adam make an appearance in the doorway . |
| 3 | For women workers , this almost invariably meant that they ended up with jobs classified ( whatever the real degree of skill or expertise required ) as the least skilled , and certainly the worst paid . |
| 4 | Mr Smith said : ‘ I cried when they turned up at the frontier . |
| 5 | His furniture was seized by the bailiffs and he was reduced to a demeaning game of hide and seek with process servers which eventually ended when they caught up with him in Belfast . |