Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [pron] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mamma warned me that they were very rich , but I took them up to my room and stuffed the lot . |
| 2 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 3 | But she gave herself up to police and told them her real motive was to win attention for emotional problems . |
| 4 | ‘ But they carried us up in the air ! |
| 5 | Up to then he had never been in front — he was three down with 11 holes to play — but he went one up at the 17th the second time around . |