Example sentences of "up my [noun] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll forgive you if you find me a taxi that will take me back to pick up my baggage and get me to the airport on time . ’ |
| 2 | I smiled , sat closer , took up my brandy and cradled it in front of the candle flame . |
| 3 | He picked up my suitcase and carried it up the last flight , putting it down outside my door and turning to me . |
| 4 | I picked up my knitting and put it away . |
| 5 | When I left she picked up my scarf and tied it over my head . |
| 6 | Monsoon picks up my thought and distorts it . |
| 7 | You know I very carefully picked up my glasses and put them in the case and put it in my in there |
| 8 | This morning rang up my sister and said I would visit her tomorrow . |
| 9 | Now I need you to back up my story and put me in the clear . |
| 10 | Neither Brian nor I had told our mother about these beatings but now , incensed , I pulled up my shorts and showed him some half-healed scars . |
| 11 | I instinctively put up my arms and caught him . ’ |
| 12 | Periodically I went down into the warmth below , to write up my notes and check them over against the ship 's design plans , which Nils had produced for me before going off with Iain to talk to the Navy Yard people . |
| 13 | ‘ Initially I thought I could just pack up my son and bring him here , ’ she says . |
| 14 | I picked up my books and stuffed them away in my old school satchel , the one my father — Tata — had given me when I won my open scholarship to St Paul 's . |
| 15 | ‘ This little swine put his hand up my skirt and groped me . |
| 16 | So after that visit to Bristol , when I went to my little chapel on that bald knoll , I first called up the white healing ball and rolled it around every part of my anatomy , then I called up my archers and let them shine the beams of their torches down onto the spot in my lung . |
| 17 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 18 | I plucked up my courage and asked him . |
| 19 | I know I have to pluck up my courage and tell him that when we made love in Sintra he sired a son . |