Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't picked up on it , and he had no hand at all in your coming to work for me . |
| 2 | What would everyone back at the cafe have thought when , for the first time in eight months , I had n't shown up for work ? |
| 3 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 4 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 5 | I had just got up from my chair when the crash happened . |
| 6 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 7 | Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream . |
| 8 | that I 've just picked up off the here . |
| 9 | I feel like I 've just woken up after a long dream ; ’ |
| 10 | I do n't think I 've ever come up against sexism , except from in the classroom when the teacher to , the economics teacher tries to wind us up by saying women would should be chained to the kitchen sink ! |
| 11 | I 've almost given up on the London Borough of Bromley because the land , the areas that they 've offered us have been quite impractical and although we 've got , you know , croquet is a cheap sport . |
| 12 | However , I 've recently split up with my boyfriend because of the pressures of failing to conceive . |
| 13 | I 've always grown up with the idea if I do a job , I 'll , I 'll do it properly or else I wo n't bother , I wo n't tackle it all . |
| 14 | Not the police — I 've never looked up to them . |
| 15 | I 've only read up to the bit where he 's standing near the hooker . |
| 16 | In-cell slot video , that would be a good idea , she did n't know why someone had n't come up with it already . |
| 17 | I HAVE just set up in business as a limited company . |
| 18 | I have n't grown up at all , she thought hopelessly . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I have n't done up to now . ’ |
| 20 | I have n't given up on Dana yet . ’ |
| 21 | I have n't come up with a snappy title yet , so suggest away on that and other points . |
| 22 | Indeed I have often chided myself with the realization that I have not lived up to the standards that they set . |
| 23 | And Pearce said : ‘ Villa are the strongest team I have ever come up against in League football . |
| 24 | In December 1922 he resigned graciously to return to his large goods store which had already started up in June . |
| 25 | There was a burst of male laughter from the bar , which had suddenly filled up with men wearing MCC ties ; the day 's play at Lord 's would have ended just about twenty minutes ago . |
| 26 | As they passed close to the couple at table both the women recoiled as if the Devil himself had suddenly sprung up between them . |
| 27 | Getting this ingredient off the drawing boards and into bricks and mortar — not to mention details such as Donald Duck doorknobs — was indeed the stuff of dreams for Stern , who has always stood up for emotional content : ‘ In my view , whether you are engaged in a theme park , a hospital , or a court house , the building should elicit some excitement . ’ |
| 28 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 29 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 30 | One Sunday at the Trocadero the chief circle usher said to me , ‘ I think you 'd better come up to the back circle , Gents , we 've got a bloke behaving obscenely . ’ |