Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can work on those and you can build them up in two or three or four year 's time job changes this might take a bit more of a a higher priority . |
| 2 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 3 | I was put back on the diet designed to ‘ build me up ’ . |
| 4 | It had been advised by my doctor that a year 's holiday in another land would build me up , as I had grown too quickly and had , as the phrase goes , " overgrown my strength " . |
| 5 | Yeah took me in to er build me up . |
| 6 | Who said I 'll answer me up the end and we can see how we go . |
| 7 | Hearing the panic in her voice , she quickly added , ‘ I mean , will you want me up here for long ? |
| 8 | How do they think them up ? |
| 9 | Cover the bloom with a polythene bag — or better , if you can make them up , fine muslin bags that will let the air in but keep the insects out . |
| 10 | And we did n't make them up . |
| 11 | I 've no pictures in my head to describe , ca n't make them up . |
| 12 | If you chop glac cherries you can make them up |
| 13 | You can make them up you me or or |
| 14 | You do n't want them up in the top the next group |
| 15 | Mum says you 'll bump yerself up an' down one day till yer 'ead comes orf . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't fancy them up close , if you do n't mind . |
| 17 | I must cover them up . ’ ) |
| 18 | Hold onto all these smells until the evening , when you can deliver them up onto the blank paper . |
| 19 | So they have they have in fact embarked on a course which now lets these newspapers really deliver them up on a plate I mean they can fry them , they can bake them , they can grill them , they can roast them because they 've put themselves in a position where they now deserve the criticism and the level of imagery which they 're getting . |
| 20 | ‘ Would he eat me up ? ’ |
| 21 | Erm , okay the bogie man would come and eat me up . |
| 22 | You could , for example , frighten a child into conformity with your wishes by saying that erm , you know , if , if the child does n't go to bed at the right time , the bogie man will come and eat them up , or something . |
| 23 | And let everyone else eat them up . |
| 24 | Old Mangle does n't wind me up as much as this this other one one with glasses . |
| 25 | Perhaps the Gruagach had been following them , keeping just out of sight , waiting until they dismounted , ready to reach out and scoop them up and carry them back to Tara and the roasting spits … |
| 26 | I needed some change so I got two sausage rolls , I 'm gon na wire them up on microwave in a bit right ? |
| 27 | ‘ John and I would trundle up and wind them up . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What an excellent product … its first use has prevented the bank foreclosing on a client when it seemed certain that they would wind them up ’ ( HBB Group of Chartered Accountants ) |
| 29 | If it started to snow , say at four o'clock , we would have what we called snowmen — and we would knock them up and they would come running to get a day 's work in the snow . |
| 30 | if we got ta wind someone up sort of like one of the girls fancies a bloke she 'll tell it to his face , but in back slang so he do n't know she 's saying they go er , what ? |