Example sentences of "we [vb past] up [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made up some ground on them last weekend and have to continue to do so . |
| 2 | Brenda Lambert , headteacher at South Wellfield First School , Whitley Bay , Tyne and Wear , said : ‘ We made up some of the recipes and John Major 's has come out on top . |
| 3 | ‘ We used up all of the flood plains before , so controlled flooding may not be the answer . |
| 4 | Er supposing the economy did take off erm we used up all the industrial land that er had been allocated to the districts . |
| 5 | From 1953 to 1964 we built up that factory into perhaps the second largest of its kind in the world and certainly the largest and best in Europe . |
| 6 | Cos no one was and we opened up all the post that came . |
| 7 | In fact we turned up some gas shares on the way , but er and a bit of cash , but that was n't enough to pay the funeral accounts and she made no provision for paying any of the bills so I sold the gas shares towards paying the funeral account and then got shouted at by the er beneficiary children because I had n't consulted them about selling the gas shares and I said Well , they have to be sold because there 's bills to pay and there is no way of dealing with that . |
| 8 | We called up all the record companies to see shows and they let us go and see all the shows because we had American accents and we were crazy . |
| 9 | We packed up all our kit again and set off back to Orange , across the frozen landscape of southern France , which was having one of the coldest winters in living memory . |
| 10 | We also managed to get tins of the famous , unappreciated Spam and bully beef back from the looters and , knowing that the English liked strong tea , we boiled up more of their mixture for them , producing something of an indescribable colour that was more like a meal than a drink . |
| 11 | ‘ Ow many centuries ‘ ave we notched up this year ? |
| 12 | See how we dressed up some visitors to Clothes Show Live |
| 13 | And er we , we did n't do an awful lot on commercial later on , we gave up that er thing we , we mostly concentrated on the private cars . |
| 14 | It is time we gave up these reservations in work organizations . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm glad we cleared up that little problem . |
| 16 | I remember when she took us to the pantomime in town , and we saved up all our sweets for three weeks to give her as a present . |
| 17 | We set up all the assignments . |
| 18 | We do when we set up this group we asked |
| 19 | The way we set up this system management , the procedure owner has the master copy of related forms . |
| 20 | ‘ We picked up some customer projects — like the Metro Turbo and some Toyota work — and had a nice little business ticking away . |
| 21 | we did n't have any trouble from U-boats , but we picked up some boats |
| 22 | How these people go week after week after week looking for bargain I mean Chris I mean we picked up some bargains today but how you can go week I mean it 's okay yes but when you 're Christmas shopping you ca n't go for because it 's just |
| 23 | Thing is the how these people go week after week after week looking for a bargain , I mean , Christm , I mean we picked up some bargains today , but how you can go week , I mean its ok , yes , why your but when your Christmas shopping you ca n't |
| 24 | We picked up these four … ’ the speaker indicated the four sullen captives with a jerk of his hunting rifle , ‘ slinkin' around armed to the teeth . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We picked up another surge in orbit , Doctor , ’ Sheldukher informed him . |
| 26 | We sold that when we picked up another house down near Eastbourne . |
| 27 | ‘ We stayed up all night . |
| 28 | We sat up all night . |