Example sentences of "you [verb] [pron] [vb past] [pron] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 2 | ‘ And you think I sent her up . |
| 3 | ‘ Because you think I followed you up here , and I did n't , because it 's not fair , because you 're not a hotel , are you ? |
| 4 | ‘ Are you saying you think someone put him up to it ? ’ |
| 5 | And then ranted and raved cos she probably just about going off then , you see it woke her up all the fuss and kerfuffle ! |