Example sentences of "[pers pn] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 2 | It 's the same size as yours up to the wardrobe and up to the door . |
| 3 | Dear Julie gets drunk and for some bizarre reason suddenly starts feeling you up under the table while we 're nibbling our cheese and biscuits , and making pathetic double-entendres , and attacks you outside the bathroom ; totally unprovoked , of course , and it 's all just the drink talking . |
| 4 | She 'll be lucky if she does n't have to hold both of you up during the service . |
| 5 | There was a way down , on iron rungs , from the Reading Room , and a way out , through a high locked portal , which brought you up into the sunless Egyptian necropolis , amongst blind staring pharaohs , crouching scribes , minor sphinxes and empty mummy-cases . |
| 6 | ‘ It was Faye , dear , silly Faye , with her ridiculous attempt to doll you up into the sort of woman she thought I 'd want . |
| 7 | He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use . |
| 8 | I 'll pick you up on the way back . ’ |
| 9 | I know you like hiking because I saw a photo of you in your little bum-freezers , so we 'll take you up on the moors and then call at Harry Ramsden 's for some fish ‘ n ’ chips . |
| 10 | Let the wind do the work and pull you up on the board . |
| 11 | ‘ How did you feel , ’ he said , ‘ when the monkey was holding you up on the roof ? ’ |
| 12 | I 'll sit you up on the pillows and you 'll be nice and comfy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ See you up on the hillside . ’ |
| 14 | I may well take you up on the offer . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll pick you up on the Friday afternoon , though I 'll be in touch before then , ’ he said , and bade her a curt farewell . |
| 16 | It 's forty years old and will set you back five and a half thousand pounds — but for that you can be sure no-one will dare cut you up on the motorway . |
| 17 | Next time someone cuts you up on the fast lane , pity him . |
| 18 | er I believe you up on the er the level . |
| 19 | and that brings you up onto the main Belfast road |
| 20 | There 's no danger of mixing you up with the mystery man from Pepe 's . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere . |
| 22 | As he ate , he opened and closed drawers , he examined papers and objects on his desk : ‘ I 'll let you loose in the west gallery and catch you up at the door to the stock-room . |
| 23 | Shall I pick you up at the same time as I did this morning ? ’ |
| 24 | you up at the moment |
| 25 | Were you up at the garage ? |
| 26 | ‘ Does James Flemyng keep you up to the mark ? ’ |
| 27 | I bet she keeps you up to the mark . |
| 28 | The West Hill Railway takes you up to the Castle and Smugglers Adventure in St. Clement 's Caves from George Street . |
| 29 | There 's £10,500 worth of prizes for those of you who are you up to the task . |
| 30 | There is , as yet , no system in operation which allows your competence to be assessed to a national standard , and it will be left to the discretion of your service manager , and course tutors if you have undertaken a back to nursing course , to decide whether you are ready to return , or what additional guidance or preparation you may need to bring you up to the required standard . |