Example sentences of "[indef pn] up [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have locked someone up and made a mistake . |
| 2 | Er , someone up and asked |
| 3 | DEFINITION : Research is ringing someone up and asking them for other people 's names . |
| 4 | This sharpens everyone up and welds the entry into a cohesive unit . |
| 5 | Newcastle were one-nil up and rising when Blackburn posed their first threat of the afternoon , in the 41st minute . |
| 6 | Have you ever picked one up and said to yourself , ‘ That 's wrong … |
| 7 | He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No. 3 . |
| 8 | I was working on some shoes on the table , and Will picked one up and looked at it . |
| 9 | Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one ? |
| 10 | I do n't know if I 'm going to do it this year cos this year she 's chosen , I 've got four , right there 's two the same which she usually has up those , like she 'll hang one up , fill one up and swop them over |
| 11 | So , in the morning , whatever our true inclinations , we practically trample each other in our race to be the first one up and doing . |
| 12 | At least with newt searching you can pick one up and share it round if you find one . |
| 13 | From time to time one of the team got to his feet , went over to a neat pile of mortar bombs , picked one up and slid it gently down the muzzle of the mortar . |
| 14 | bombs beside the 3″ mortar , he picked one up and slid it down the barrel of the mortar . |
| 15 | Marie 's left a load of mags behind , so I pick one up and have a flick through it . |
| 16 | Now as I say to every one of you er on these courses , do when you go through W H Smith pick one up and have a look at it . |
| 17 | They do n't want to be praised and stroked for every little thing , but they do want their work to be noticed and acknowledged every so often — and not just when they screwed something up or forgot it . |
| 18 | Well please make something up and fill it in . |
| 19 | John bent to the floor , picked something up and said : ‘ Excuse me , is that a bit of your brain ? ’ |
| 20 | They were n't used to doing this kind of thing — they were n't used to rock and roll or putting something up and taking it down every day , so really it was a white elephant from the beginning . |
| 21 | But Coun Dot Long , committee chairman , said they wanted to get something up and running for the club before the start of the bowls season in May . |
| 22 | I 'm gon na go round and collect everything up and pack it up . |
| 23 | If we had simply been moving to another site we would just roll everything up and take it with us . |
| 24 | The poodle people said you 'd thrown everything up and gone off to live in a shack in the country … |
| 25 | It was too much inclined to wrap everything up and regard it as settled . |
| 26 | Oh , it 's up there , it fell down and erm , went along and picked it up , so I took it off them , and said , how would you like it if I threw sticks at you , anyway , they said , oh I 'm sorry , you know , they they sort of cleared everything up and went off . |
| 27 | I was smashing everything up and setting about people , 'cause I did n't know what was going on or nothing . |
| 28 | He 'd tidied everything up and put back all my things , even the picture . |
| 29 | You could lock anybody up that fell under that power — even if it happened a week ago . |