Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I had just got up from my chair when the crash happened . |
| 4 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 5 | Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream . |
| 6 | that I 've just picked up off the here . |
| 7 | I feel like I 've just woken up after a long dream ; ’ |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | However , I 've recently split up with my boyfriend because of the pressures of failing to conceive . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Not the police — I 've never looked up to them . |
| 13 | I 've only read up to the bit where he 's standing near the hooker . |
| 14 | I HAVE just set up in business as a limited company . |
| 15 | And Pearce said : ‘ Villa are the strongest team I have ever come up against in League football . |
| 16 | In December 1922 he resigned graciously to return to his large goods store which had already started up in June . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As they passed close to the couple at table both the women recoiled as if the Devil himself had suddenly sprung up between them . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think you 'd better come up to my room , ’ she mimicked again . |
| 23 | Look , when you 've finished eating I think you 'd better come up to cabin 10 and get it sorted out . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , you 'd better come up to my office and we 'll talk things over . ’ |
| 25 | On hearing of the don 's disappearance , she 'd naturally rushed up to Oxford in the hope of tracking down her precious notes . |
| 26 | Wow , he plays drums — multi-talented ! ’ and you 've just grown up with it and it 's no big deal . |
| 27 | And Anna Freud said , okay that 's what you called it , but supposing we had to look what you 've just described up in a dictionary , what word would be found ? |
| 28 | You 've never got up to your proper weight again since the — since — since you — you know . ’ |
| 29 | If you 've ever looked up at a stage and seen a strange device with an illuminated spinning dial and wondered what it was , chances are it was a strobe tuner . |
| 30 | ‘ If you were , you 've certainly made up for it since . |