Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had fired up the cooker the cat rod that had caused me all the grief earlier was off again . |
| 2 | ‘ And it has to be a good idea to stay on here , in the Hamptons , until tomorrow , ’ she added as she finished packing up the hampers . |
| 3 | As we began to pick up the threads of life in the south once more I found that in my absence from the cutter scene a brand new purpose-built cutter Venturous was operating with great success . |
| 4 | I am always thankful for their enthusiasm and commitment as we have drawn up the development brief for the Architect , Ray Davis , whom we have now appointed . |
| 5 | She did not see much of Florence as they roared through it in the jeep , just a muddled impression of large buildings and a broad dark green river , but as they began to drive up the steep , swooping hill to Fiesole , David 's friend said : |
| 6 | It is being attacked daily by that real group of parasites , the Tory Party , the Tories will no doubt bring in workfare just as soon as they 've softened up the wider public with their slavish friends in the media . |
| 7 | It sometimes goes the , the colour as it , as it starts to heal up the , colour gets a wee bit lighter |
| 8 | Earlier that very week , in fact , as he 'd filled up the Jaguar with Gulf-inflated gasoline , he 'd found himself surveying the display of the semi-pornographic magazines arranged along the highest shelf above the dailies ; and re-acquainted himself with such reasonably familiar titles as Men Only , Escort , Knave , Video XXXX , and so many others , each of them enticing the susceptible motorist with its cover of some provocatively posed woman , vast-breasted and voluptuous . |
| 9 | As soon as he 'd hung up the phone , he gathered up the toys and slung them , Hamleys bag and all , under the bed . |
| 10 | Then he had deposited the champagne bottle on a small occasional table , next to a sleek ivory-coloured object that Folly had just about recognised as a phone , and she had watched in horrified fascination as he 'd picked up the receiver and started to tap out a number . |
| 11 | In her motherly concerned way , she was cosseting him as he tried to pick up the pieces of his life . |
| 12 | She smiled once again , and very warmly , at the back of Tristan 's pale gold head and then at his truly Grecian profile as he turned to look up the aisle hoping — she supposed — to catch a glimpse of his bride . |
| 13 | 's fluency in Spanish will be a big help as he works to set up the distribution and training systems which hold the key to success . |
| 14 | Whisky slopped onto his hand as he hurried to pick up the receiver . |