Example sentences of "[noun sg] up [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He rolled the plan up and returned it to Berger .
2 He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him .
3 ‘ Dig Albie 's body up and explain it to him . ’
4 Oh somebody took all our lovely parking ticket display off that was keeping the tas tax disk up and replaced it with black tape .
5 It would take too long to get the computer up and do it for you , but erm you can take that away with you if , if you like , that just makes the same points I 've been making now , but using a computer simulator .
6 During the week , whenever they were out , she insisted that she roll her hair up and put it under the cap .
7 And I usually pin my hair up and stick it under a baseball cap .
8 She enjoyed picking the loosened brick up and weighing it in her right hand before swinging her arm to sling it on to the rubble pile .
9 It used to lead lead to Station and er I 've seen these two when I 've been walking around , I 've seen them take their head up and lift me off the ground .
10 Could you just take the carrycot up and put it on the floor ?
11 Already there was the smell of roast beef and the white-coated cooks stood by with their carving knives waiting to hack the poor beast up and put him between a thousand Yorkshire teacakes .
12 This can become a real problem unless the situation is handled cautiously , because simply lifting the dog up and placing it in the car will be counter-productive .
13 She held a warning finger up and wagged it in Fernando 's direction .
14 She helped the old woman up and led her across the room .
15 Kits are available to fit window widths up to 245cm ( 8ft ) and if the size of your window falls between sizes , buy the next size up and cut it to size according to the manufacturer 's instructions .
16 ‘ Appropriates ’ is generally proved by a witness stating that the accused picked the property up or put it in a shopping bag or a pocket .
17 I put my hand up and rested it against Toby 's cheek .
18 Kim picked the book up and opened it at random , then handed it back to Hammond .
19 Or make one using a headboard kit from Cover Up and cover it with fabric .
20 Can we move the dresser dresser up and put it in there ?
21 Cos you can sort of talk to people on the way up and record you in the car
22 He set down the plate and taking a piece of newspaper out of his pocket wrapped the fat up and put it in his pocket .
23 I promptly dug the poor bird up and presented it to her .
24 Turning from the window , Polly picked her bag up and opened it on the desk .
25 Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan .
26 He screwed the note up and threw it in the general direction of the wastepaper basket .
27 Pages were put together by gathering the material up and roughing it into a layout based round the principal hooks — the headlines and pictures which were the only things that really mattered .
28 She told the court : ‘ He lifted the gun up and pointed it towards us in our car .
29 The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time .
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