Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [verb] up " in BNC.

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1	I asked while cutting up a British Telecom van — rather niftily I thought .
2	‘ All right , ’ says Howard , smiling to himself , on the side of his face away from her , in case she opens her eyes , ‘ I made that bit up .
3	I swivelled and strode up to the end of a passage .
4	When John Clifford , who began his working life in a mill , wrote home after preaching in New York , he told his family that , ‘ Mr J. D. Rockefeller came and spoke to me , thanked me , and said he would like to take hold of my skirts when I ascended and go up with me .
5	The journey to Calcutta took some hours , and when we arrived the Army met us and wanted to put us all in to some barracks , but I protested and rang up the Bishop , Foss Westcott , and asked if he could advise me what to do as Margaret by this time was very ill .
6	I feel as if the woman I loved and looked up to never existed . ’
7	Well I felt that fed up I told 'im straight out .
8	Now that it was really beginning , now that I was going to be near him , I felt as strung up and as energized as Zak , and no doubt suffered the same compelling anxiety that things should n't go wrong .
9	I listened to her and the sisters and then I went and picked up Orlando from school .
10	I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare .
11	As I emerged and joined up with two French Commandos , there was a short round of applause .
12	And said what a nice girl she was and what a good student and Suzannah said oh that 's cos I won that make up competition .
13	You can fill me in then , ’ I said and hung up .
14	I took all my money out of the banks , sold everything I had and packed up . ’
15	I decided , ‘ Right this is n't it ’ , so I left and set up on my own .
16	While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death .

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