Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second case a woman asking questions about her leg ulcer was told , ‘ Look , dear , you go away and make up your mind what you want done , and then we might be able to help you . ’ |
| 2 | Throw your Augustus Hare away and pick up your receiver ; Venice is to be wired for sound . |
| 3 | Bedelia was watching Eastenders so we cleared away and washed up ourselves . |
| 4 | The villagers then , seeing they had no defence anywhere , rushed indoors and put up what pathetic barriers they could . |
| 5 | She turned her head a little and put up her hand to shield her face . |
| 6 | Koons 's last show at that New York gallery , which showed works depicting the artist in sex acts with his wife the porn star and Italian parliamentarian Ilona Staller is said to have sold badly and run up its own multi-million-dollar deficit . |
| 7 | AUSTRALIA 'S reserve wicketkeeper Tim Zoehrer put away his pads at Edgbaston yesterday and took up his occasional job leg spin bowling . |
| 8 | She set her cup aside and picked up her knitting again . |
| 9 | But we knew you wanted to get home and pick up your normal life again . |
| 10 | Her step slowed and she was about to turn round to voice some rejoinder but continued on , gripping the child 's hand hard now and stepping up her walk into almost a trot . |
| 11 | ‘ He have no business dyin' today and muckin' up everything . ’ |
| 12 | She sniffed loudly and picked up her cigarettes . |
| 13 | He stretched himself lazily and picked up my case . |
| 14 | I 'll run you back to Maggie 's and when you 've changed we can come back here and pick up your mini . |
| 15 | Went across and started up it , had to stop every three minutes for puffs . |
| 16 | I promised myself there and then that I was going to master that hill if it killed me , and every day afterwards I went there and drove up it , holding the car on the clutch , until I was successful . |
| 17 | The young man sat looking at him for a moment , then raised his eyebrows , sat forward and took up his pen once more . |
| 18 | Ashley sat forward and picked up her glass of wine . |
| 19 | Owen stepped forward and held up his hand . |
| 20 | I 'll draw no conclusions on the whole factory/handmade dilemma here ; you 'll just have to read the first two paragraphs again and make up your own mind . |
| 21 | He talked to Tuathal and then to the toisechs as he put on his mail shirt again and took up his helmet . |
| 22 | Why not do likewise and build up your own record of your progress within the organisation ? |
| 23 | The little devil will tear the bars of his cage apart and shoot up your trouser leg with his teeth bared before you can say , ‘ Only joking , Hammy ! ’ |