Example sentences of "[verb] i have [vb pp] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's changing drastically now and and erm er I mean I 've kept up to date with it now |
| 2 | Do you know I 've given up hours and hours of my time to distribute leaflets and address envelopes and argue with miserable people like you who do n't believe anything ? |
| 3 | Whenever I believed I had come up with something , I probed it for every sort of oversight , tested it through from all angles . |
| 4 | In My Early Life he says I had picked up a wide vocabulary and a liking for the feel of words fitting and falling into their places like pennies in the slot . |
| 5 | As you can see I have set up a set of equations which can be summarized in the following formulae : |
| 6 | ‘ I still believe I 've come up with one of the greatest innovations of modern times . |
| 7 | Irons I 've used before have also offered this facility , but I 've always found I 've ended up toing and froing between the tap once too often . |
| 8 | I was quite prepared to die without giving it too much thought , you understand — and suddenly I find I 've got up steam and I 've puff-puffed past the station labelled ‘ Death ’ and the track lies all before me , unsignposted . ’ |
| 9 | At that point , I hated her with a strength I never knew I had possessed up until then . |
| 10 | I thought I 'd woken up in Heaven . |
| 11 | An O S one to fifty thousand and that 's what I thought I 'd picked up this morning to take with me but when I looked it was Chester and Wrexham so it did n't do me much good . |
| 12 | And , by the way , " he added , as if it was all part of the same subject , " I think I 've come up with the safest combination of captain and crew for your journey . |
| 13 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , come on Ken , you 've just admitted I 've turned up something that might be useful . |
| 15 | What I wa , what I want to get I 've saved up an , an an an an earned it and |
| 16 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 17 | I wish I had summoned up the nerve to smile back . |