Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | round about the first world war time , he used this sort of sort of pitching his tent up to the and staying there and learning their language and observing their rituals , getting to know them . |
| 2 | It is difficult to get skips in this age group capable of keeping their end up at this level of competition . |
| 3 | just got ta put something in that in the coursework and the exams that sort of gets you over the forty percent barrier and in psychology it 's not that difficult to sort of waffle your way up to forty percent erm without wishing ma to make it sound too easy erm |
| 4 | Her first step was to leave the kitchen exactly as he left it ; if he thought she had any intention of clearing his mess up behind him , then Luther was very much mistaken . |
| 5 | But , since no one he had met in Wimbledon Islamic circles seemed to use it , it did not prevent him from holding his head up in the staffroom . |
| 6 | And we were reminded of this last week when , in making our way up from the quay , we passed this sweet shop and there were the sugar mice in the window , and the cat , and that 's why we went in and bought some . |
| 7 | Our horses had more sense and refused to go further so we stabled them at a local inn where we satisfied our hunger on a dish of fish cooked over charcoal before making our way up to the castle . |
| 8 | But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war . |
| 9 | Looking comfortable centre stage can be the first step to getting your name up in lights . |
| 10 | One friend raised £731 in one day by opening her home up for coffee , teas , and raffles . |
| 11 | Upon his accession he set about the introduction of the Norman feudal system by dividing his realm up into feus or fiefs , and gave monopolistic trade charters to many towns on whose loyalty he henceforth hoped to rely . |
| 12 | A further seam of antifeminism may be introduced by certain early lines of the Shipman 's Tale which unmistakably imply a female speaker : Most critics have accepted the assumption that the Wife of Bath is the only female pilgrim of the Canterbury Tales who would be a suitable narrator of this scurrilous narrative , usually by weighing her character up against the profession of the nuns , the only other women amongst the Canterbury pilgrims . |