Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shall I carry it up for you ? ’ |
| 2 | Shall I ring her up for you ? ’ |
| 3 | I locked her up for soliciting , disorderly behaviour , and assault . |
| 4 | I guess it 's because I hit them up for so many guitars , they had to even out the balance ! ! |
| 5 | So it 's I I counted it up for the time I 'm staying . |
| 6 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 7 | Shall I hold it up for you , and erm , or somebody 'll hold it up for you . |
| 8 | I was never given the chance to write Stephen a letter explaining why I gave him up for when he is older or anything . |
| 9 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 10 | ‘ Yeah , I picked it up for a song about twelve years ago . |