Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bagman-fox , now on home ground , had delayed them by running up a long culvert . |
| 2 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 3 | It was the last of his nightly chores and he looked around once more to make certain that he had not forgotten anything before going up to the room where his young wife was resting . |
| 4 | I interviewed him when he became First Sea Lord and on one or two other occasions , and I always slightly regretted that my commitment to current affairs had prevented me from taking up Associated Rediffusion 's offer to spend two years with him , at home and abroad , researching and scripting the thirteen programmes they were planning on his Life and Times — a task subsequently and admirably performed by John Terraine . |
| 5 | She done us for skating up the fucking |
| 6 | Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London . |
| 7 | Perhaps spotting a chink in Clinton 's armour , the Republicans have further accused him of stirring up feeling against the war . |
| 8 | Now Mr Onanuga 's bosses have suspended him for making up the whole story about Mr Lamont . |
| 9 | You should have dedicated yourself to bringing up your child … . ’ |