Example sentences of "you up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble is , wrote Harsnet , that if you start with this insight it is difficult to go on and then the energies , the needs and desires , turn inward and eat you up . |
| 2 | ‘ Why were you up there ? ’ |
| 3 | Anyway , what are you up to these days ? |
| 4 | What are you up to ? ’ |
| 5 | I just worry , as usual , that I shall be mopping you up for months to come . ’ |
| 6 | The opponent may be setting you up by turning his leading foot inwards . |
| 7 | ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere . |
| 8 | Cameron pretended not to see young Donald till he was close beside him , then turned in mock surprise and said to him , ‘ Well well , Donald — we had given you up . |
| 9 | ‘ Does James Flemyng keep you up to the mark ? ’ |
| 10 | I invite you up here and all you think is whether the dyke is full of nitrates poisoning the villagers . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe seeing England getting thrashed will cheer you up . ’ |
| 12 | See , the thing about this job , outwardly you have to be unemotional and cynical , but inside it can really screw you up . |
| 13 | I 'll pick you up on the way back . ’ |
| 14 | A voice from the front of the column shouted , ‘ Piper , at Achnacarry and in England you wake us up with your bagpipes ; here in France we wake you up with a hot dinner at the last minute . ’ |
| 15 | What are you up to ? ’ |
| 16 | You have to go through a sort of incubation period while people weigh you up . |
| 17 | You are not conscious of them weighing you up , but they do . |
| 18 | After the third filling it was a treacly mixture that certainly woke you up . |
| 19 | Then they get their friends on you , they beat you up . |
| 20 | ‘ What the hell are you up to , ’ he shouts at me , ‘ interfering with my private phone calls ’ He was a white as a sheet . ’ |
| 21 | A short bout of exercise has a further role , namely of waking you up in the morning as it turns on the alerting mechanisms of the body . |
| 22 | Other means of waking you up include hot or cold showers — tactics that ‘ shock ’ the body — or cups of coffee , containing the stimulant caffeine . |
| 23 | First there are the hypnotics which help you sleep and the stimulants which wake you up . |
| 24 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , I brought you up ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ What were the two of you up to ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll pick you up tonight if you like , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ Here 's a bit of news that 'll cheer you up . |
| 28 | As a preventative , anti-stress technique , self-massage sets you up perfectly for the day ahead — and works brilliantly as an end-of-day treat . |
| 29 | ‘ Whenever the train brakes hard nowadays it shakes you up . |
| 30 | So I have made a point of looking you up . ’ |