Example sentences of "[pron] up and [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MI5 man seemed to suddenly shake his bulk to wake himself up and remind himself that the chief inspector was still in the car with him . |
| 2 | Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew |
| 3 | He would pick you up and squeeze you dry and discard you when you began to bore him . |
| 4 | All your licensed premises on your area had to be checked at least once a week ( in uniform ) and the sergeant would pick you up and take you visiting these various posts , and I used to take a glass of beer . |
| 5 | ‘ Meanwhile , why do n't I pick you up and take you out to dinner one evening ? ’ |
| 6 | you know if you 're in this area or that area we 'll pick you up and take you home and the phone just does n't stop ringing |
| 7 | not taking her tablets when you 're feeling better we 'll come up and pick you up and take you out . |
| 8 | Then we 'll begin with some limbering-up exercises , to loosen you up and get you accustomed to the skis . |
| 9 | I thought I 'd ring you up and tell you . |
| 10 | He 'd eat you up and spit you out . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm trying to control a wild urge to pick you up and carry you to my bedroom . ’ |
| 12 | That 's alright , if you tread on my feet I 'll just pick you up and carry you then . |
| 13 | pick you up and meet you one evening . |
| 14 | I picked up a bag and jokingly said , ‘ If you do n't go we 'll bag you up and send you to Hull ’ . |
| 15 | But if you hit the canvas , Uncle Sam wo n't pick you up and dust you off . |
| 16 | Correctionalist criminologists , of all varieties , join all the other agents of social control that capitalism utilises to patch itself up and keep its exploitative machinations justified and operational . |
| 17 | Old people , in old people 's homes , sometimes regress to this stage , and they also can be observed to play with faeces and to wrap them up and present them as a gift . |
| 18 | Take about three bananas , and cut them up and arrange them on a plate in four pieces to look like a monster . |
| 19 | No , I 'll I 'll I 'll ring them up and book it for eight . |
| 20 | So the tr the owners who owned them them days you could read about them , but they do n't do it today , cos the trainers ring them up and tell them how they 're going , do n't they ? |
| 21 | He 'd tried several , imitating his Mum 's signature but he 'd scrumpled them up and put them in the waste paper basket . |
| 22 | Eat them or mash them up and put them on your face — with their soothing properties , carrots really earn their ‘ skin-food ’ label . |
| 23 | That has been done to death by ex-managers and ex-record companies who use a list of about two dozen tracks which they write down on a sheet of paper , cut them up and put them in a hat , and whatever order they come out in that 's another album . |
| 24 | And that if you do n't pick them up and put them back where you got them from , they are still there two weeks later , and the house looks a bit of a tip . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 're looking for your undies , I 've folded them up and put them on top of the TV for you . |
| 26 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 27 | She did n't know where half the things went , but she tidied them up and put them in piles on the stairs so people could taken them up to their rooms when they went , and the kitchen looked nice and tidy . |
| 28 | Frau Hoflin took one look at her and refrained from asking her to pick them up and put them in the washing machine . |
| 29 | She said and he picked them up and put them both together and it was seven hundred and odd she had to pay out , for her car ! |
| 30 | But if they 're dry I just fold them up and put them away anyway . |