Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They do n't want to be praised and stroked for every little thing , but they do want their work to be noticed and acknowledged every so often — and not just when they screwed something up or forgot it . |
| 32 | There 's all sorts of accidents not only having the computer switched off , you might accidentally mess the file up or erase it or whatever , er , you 've still got the original copy on the disk so if you keep saving it every ten minutes or so , then you always lose more than ten minutes ' work . |
| 33 | Now he 'll come up with all sorts of bright ideas like tying me up or pumping me full of tranquillizers for my own safety . |
| 34 | A quota is established by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of members to be elected plus one , and rounding up or adding one to the quotient . |
| 35 | However , both TA and IT are relatively complicated to master and you re recommended to let someone else set them up or run them for you unless you are really eager to advance your computer expertise . |
| 36 | But where we might have expected a bourgeois society logically to break it up or transform it — as indeed it was to be disintegrated later — the classic phase of bourgeois society reinforced and exaggerated it . |
| 37 | When he pulls himself up or corrects his placing or step he beams on the audience as , for example , when he finishes with his back after a pirouette and hastily turns to face them . |
| 38 | Preston Business Venture will receive the money over three years to help keep the group afloat and continue providing free , independent and confidential help to small firms throughout the region wishing to set up or expand their businesses . |
| 39 | A CENTRE to help people wanting to set up or expand their businesses is to open later this month . |
| 40 | It helps one understand how difficult it is just to eat , to pick things up or to dry your feet . |
| 41 | A popular legend grew up that quoted him as saying he would run over his own grandmother for the president . |
| 42 | I mean , living up that end it 's not so bad is it ? |
| 43 | Any number of factors may turn up that show him to have been mistaken . |
| 44 | But no , if you hang it up that long it 's hard work . |
| 45 | And of course that 's substan makes that compounded up that makes it even more . |
| 46 | It was Hallowe'en coming up that gave her the idea they 'd had lessons at school about ghosts , witches and Hallowe'en . |
| 47 | She is not very enthusiastic about the light rail proposals , but er she sees the park and ride as an excellent idea , but as she said , it 's not exactly inviting to leave your car in er a car park which is not necessarily big enough , which has n't got a proper surface , is n't properly lit , is n't supervised , has great big notices up that say there are thieves about , and where the bus service stops at half past six . |
| 48 | It 's getting the steam roller up that worries me . |
| 49 | It takes me longer to stitch them up than to knit them and , strange as it may seem , I like turning the heels . |
| 50 | Some rap it up an rap it out |
| 51 | Well I suppose ringing them up and telling them how they 've been going , how they 're galloping , how they do n't gallop . |
| 52 | ‘ He kept waking up and telling me silly things … |
| 53 | ‘ You can carry on doing my washing , if that will please you — and knowing you as I do , I do n't doubt you 'll be in here at least once or twice a week clearing things up and telling me what a mess I 'm living in — just as you do now . |
| 54 | Not the most patient young lady in the world , Dolly sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed . |
| 55 | She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed . |
| 56 | She got up and swung him around . |
| 57 | What seemed a daunting quantity of hard male muscle clenched into action as he sat up and swung his long legs to the ground . |
| 58 | Carrie got up and kissed her father before she left the ward , followed by her husband who was talking to Nellie . |
| 59 | Ellie leaned up and kissed her brother on the cheek , then she put both hands on his biceps . |
| 60 | He jumped up and kissed her on the cheek . |