Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [pron] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now widely recognized that all such attempts have failed , yet it continues to be assumed that the rational agent has somehow pulled himself up by his bootstraps out of reach of his own spontaneity . |
| 2 | I 've often speculated since on what would have happened if we 'd just given ourselves up at this point . |
| 3 | Er , my my natural mother er , actually had me adopted when I was a baby and erm so I was actually adopted by a minister and his wife and I think , erm , I would have been brought up completely differently if she , she 'd just bought me up on her own , you know , so I think erm oh that 's it really . |
| 4 | He had already summed her up as someone who hated to admit defeat . |
| 5 | aye , let's have a separate meeting on that I mean I 've largely left it up to and and one or two others that I 've met up there |
| 6 | Er no I just think his dad is and they 've just picked it up from their dad , you know . |
| 7 | I 'm telling ya , I 've just had it up to there honest I told Dave this morning , he says well he says I ca n't , he , you 're not losing anything , going and sitting and listening to the man |
| 8 | Heraldic had finally pulled himself up at the start . |
| 9 | The family had just picked her up from hospital in Oxford and were taking her home to Swindon . |
| 10 | ‘ I remember one who was literally hanging on by his fingertips when we arrived , but we 've always got them up in the end . ’ |
| 11 | Until now he had always picked her up from the hospital . |
| 12 | He had once summed her up to a female student , after several lagers , as ‘ no tits to speak of and even less bum ’ . |
| 13 | The telephone was already ringing by the time Folly returned to the flat , and she had almost picked it up before realising that the only person likely to be ringing her was Luke . |
| 14 | Possibly her father had earlier taken her up into the workings to show her where he was working ; even so it would have been an apprehensive little girl who made her way along that long tunnel . |
| 15 | No and to be fair they 've never set themselves up to be that way at all , they always wished to be one of the crowd as well . |
| 16 | But if the Prime Minister does not get a grip soon , even those who have staunchly backed him up to now will conclude that there is no alternative but for him to go . |
| 17 | do n't worry , it 's , it 's in the grass and she 's just picked it up in the heat wave . |
| 18 | Some of Star 's customers in the world of accountancy have even set themselves up as dealers . |