Example sentences of "[pron] up [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled himself up and turned and ran down the avenue after her corps , past slow-moving cars , whose occupants stared at him curiously . |
| 2 | A sense of detachment might produce a sharper view , but he felt unreal , as if the scene he was viewing was nothing more than a backdrop at a theatre which might roll itself up and disappear when the present act was over . |
| 3 | We cover them up and assume that when someone takes their socks off there will be a nasty smell . |
| 4 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |
| 5 | They add them up and find that you are correct . |
| 6 | And they 've got a lot more and they would have them up and running as well |
| 7 | I 'll ring them up and see if they 've got any places left . |
| 8 | I 'm gon na ring them up and say that I 've found her ! |
| 9 | Newcastle were one-nil up and rising when Blackburn posed their first threat of the afternoon , in the 41st minute . |
| 10 | The Monday evening they phone me up and said that I was to attend another meeting on Tuesday which I believe were the twenty second to which they said , We 've thought about it and we 've decided not to continue your employment . |
| 11 | There were some weekends when he would phone me up and ask if he could come round because he 'd thought of something new for me to do , and he 'd jump into his car and come all the way just to give me a new inflection on a word ! ’ |
| 12 | For a moment he was tempted to wake her up and confess but thought better of it . |
| 13 | It was part of the morning routine she 'd adopted , a routine that had her up and dressed before John came through . |
| 14 | Mrs Stevens had given her up as drowned but said little to Mr Johnson . |
| 15 | No , I said , open him up and see if anything can be done . |
| 16 | And there used to be like a big bobbin there and you to and they used to go like that and chuck it up and try and catch it you know , and And we used to play shuttlecock and battledore . |
| 17 | Eventually Linda gave it up and admitted that Marilyn Duxbody was not present but added , with overtones of hysteria , that she expected her any minute . |
| 18 | Cassie picked it up and found that it was silk , with a bodice of handmade lace ; beautiful and expensive . |
| 19 | I gobbled it up and pointed that I wanted another . |
| 20 | He jacked it up and watched as a station logo which meant nothing to him appeared on the screen . |
| 21 | He picks it up and sees that it 's a tiny silver woman , with hair like spun silk and blue eyes like pieces of the sky come down to earth — ; |
| 22 | Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort . |
| 23 | But she 's more organised than these lads you see , whatever the duties are you know , she 's got hers up and running and whereas they 're still a bit you know have n't got it going as well as she has . |