Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [coord] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very old — and tall — story illustrates this : a pedlar called at a mill and tied up his donkey outside . |
| 2 | Your willy shrinks because speed is a vasodilator and opens up your blood vessels . |
| 3 | And while you 're in the dining room and sitting room , you can give you fireplace and surround a steamclean and freshen up your sofa and chairs . |
| 4 | Sixsmith lit a cigarette and held up his palm towards Alistair for the duration of a coughing fit that turned every head in the room . |
| 5 | After she had squeezed blood out of me and squirted it into little bottles , she said ‘ Thank you very much ’ — I thought ‘ That was n't so bad ’ and was halfway out the door when a nurse redirected me to a bed and rolled up my sleeve . |
| 6 | Only two years previously , my uncle had been accepted as a coastguard and took up his position at Babbacombe , near Torquay , after almost thirty years ’ service as a Royal Marine . |
| 7 | Here there is usually a ramp or board up which cyclists may push their bicycle . |
| 8 | Here there is usually a ramp or board up which cyclists may push their bicycle . |
| 9 | She was convinced Springsteen would come out of the catflap like a bullet and zip up her trouser-leg . |