Example sentences of "[pron] up [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pick 'er up an' bring up 'er wind . |
| 2 | Think of the toddler learning to walk and how often he falls down only to pick himself up and try again . |
| 3 | Arrange sturdy furniture to help your child pull himself up and take those first steps . |
| 4 | Only then did he zip himself up and reach for the telephone . |
| 5 | Sometimes , when in funds , as he thought of it , he would spruce himself up and visit the West End where occasionally he would come across a wartime crony in a small , ex-officers ' club in South Kensington . |
| 6 | The MI5 man seemed to suddenly shake his bulk to wake himself up and remind himself that the chief inspector was still in the car with him . |
| 7 | In it Timmy would crawl for hours or pull himself up and stand precariously balancing , his napkin invariably falling about his knees . |
| 8 | Sometimes you 'd be having a bit of a lark together and Con would draw himself up and say , ‘ This has gone far enough ’ , or , ‘ Have you considered the implications of this course of action ? ’ |
| 9 | It may be accompanied by erotically sado-masochistic activity ( the man may dress in women 's clothing and then tie himself up or inflict pain on himself ) ; this implies complication of the practice by other sexual dysfunction rather than being typical . |
| 10 | Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew |
| 11 | He would pick you up and squeeze you dry and discard you when you began to bore him . |
| 12 | All your licensed premises on your area had to be checked at least once a week ( in uniform ) and the sergeant would pick you up and take you visiting these various posts , and I used to take a glass of beer . |
| 13 | ‘ Meanwhile , why do n't I pick you up and take you out to dinner one evening ? ’ |
| 14 | you know if you 're in this area or that area we 'll pick you up and take you home and the phone just does n't stop ringing |
| 15 | not taking her tablets when you 're feeling better we 'll come up and pick you up and take you out . |
| 16 | To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group . |
| 17 | She says a massage will help loosen you up and get the blood flowing normally and warm up those aching muscles . |
| 18 | Then we 'll begin with some limbering-up exercises , to loosen you up and get you accustomed to the skis . |
| 19 | The shielding protects you — though you still need to do some fancy flying to stay stable within the radioactive thermals — then as the cloud dissipates you cut out and down , across the mountains — they look tiny ! — swoop across the closed valley , loose the missile when the base 's defence radar picks you up and use the last of your fuel to escape over the far side while the missile takes out the base . |
| 20 | I thought I 'd ring you up and tell you . |
| 21 | He 'd eat you up and spit you out . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And I can imagine , ’ I said , seeing resignation more than indignation now in her face , ‘ that Bambi Lorrimore took no notice , that Mercer hurried to help you up and apologize , and Mrs Young enquired if you were hurt . ’ |
| 23 | Okay , suppose Come Up And See Me goes in the charts and they ring you up and say , ‘ Steve , how do you fancy going on Top Of The Pops ? ’ |
| 24 | Yes erm , we 've actually linked with a firm of independent mortgage brokers erm so rather than being tied to a particular building society as most estate agents are erm what they will do is they 'll shop around and tell you which lenders are offering the best terms and particularly good schemes at any one time erm , it 's literally free information they simply phone you up and say get some idea of what your salary is and what your requirements are and then they 'll send through some information for you . |
| 25 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm trying to control a wild urge to pick you up and carry you to my bedroom . ’ |
| 27 | That 's alright , if you tread on my feet I 'll just pick you up and carry you then . |
| 28 | Yeah yeah and she 'd phone you up and see how you answered it and that sort of thing . |
| 29 | pick you up and meet you one evening . |
| 30 | I picked up a bag and jokingly said , ‘ If you do n't go we 'll bag you up and send you to Hull ’ . |