Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd already given up trying to please my father . |
| 2 | But I 'd already started up the spiral . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd better put up the notice . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd almost given up hope that you 'd ever see me as a girl … a woman . |
| 5 | But I 've walked past so many pretty dresses and little socks with lacy tops , I 'd almost given up . |
| 6 | I had even made up a 19 foot rod with an astronomical test curve and weighing a ton but it made no difference ! |
| 7 | I had even built up quite a good knowledge of medical terms . |
| 8 | Had she but known it I had already made up my mind to get better , and nothing in the world was further from my thoughts than death . ’ |
| 9 | I had already made up my mind to join the South African tour when it happened , so it was fortuitous in a way . |
| 10 | I had already made up my mind what I was going to say by the time Frankie had rapped on the door . |
| 11 | Andy and I had already split up before their thing got going , but even so , it makes you think a bit . ’ |
| 12 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 13 | I had already coughed up forty bucks at the door . |
| 14 | In fact , I had already picked up quite a lot about ‘ Lucky ’ Lucan and what had happened . |
| 15 | Though she had dined with Red Leland that evening and had seemed as pleased to meet him again as he had been to see her , though I had frequently brought up his name since my holiday started , each time she had immediately changed the subject . |
| 16 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 17 | I had just stood up , fully clothed by the doorway , when one of the harmonisers stopped with a snort and a wakeful chomp of his lips . |
| 18 | All of this was already mapped out in a very decent and proper piece of research that I had just written up . |
| 19 | I had just taken up my position behind the till of the kitchen gadget department and the store had been open only a matter of minutes when my first customer literally ran into view . |
| 20 | ‘ I had just got up , ’ said the cook . |
| 21 | I had just got up from my chair when the crash happened . |
| 22 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 23 | I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure . |
| 24 | ‘ And what if I had never shown up here ? |
| 25 | Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream . |
| 26 | On the positive side , I drank in moderation and never spirits , and I had virtually given up smoking many years ago . |
| 27 | By the time I had almost given up hope , a telegram arrived . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 29 | I 've already made up my mind that I want to sign for the Blues . |
| 30 | A lot of what 's erm you know , going on now , I mean , is just gon na go off as far I 'm concerned cos I mean I 've already made up my mind . |