Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You got to meet me up the railway . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's been disappointing that sometimes his emotional tension has dropped him down the placings . |
| 3 | Sadly , most soccer sims just involve hoofing it up the pitch and loads of chasing aimlessly after the ball . |
| 4 | A strong performance from Lionel Kerr in the G3 Escort has brought him up the leaderboard to third overall with Ken Graham ( Toyota Corolla ) and Jon Joannides ( Sierra Cosworth ) rounding off the top five . |
| 5 | ‘ That bitch has led you up the garden path ! ’ |
| 6 | Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . |
| 7 | The first person in each team is given a balloon and has to blow it down the room over tape placed at the other end without touching it . |
| 8 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 9 | So I hope to sort it out the Lenten appeal well |
| 10 | Cos I 'd cleaned it up the other day cos it had mildew on the bottom of it ! |
| 11 | ‘ Almost anything , ’ said Roland , suddenly wanting to put him off the trail . |
| 12 | Once , on a more adventurous day , he began taking some of the furniture apart with a screwdriver he found beside the garden shed , but was caught by his mother and told to put it back the way he had found it before she chased him out of the house . |
| 13 | Bill , the first footman , who had nothing to tell him , said his foot itched to kick him up the b.t.m. , while Mary said she felt she was being taken by one of those continental gigolos to the Strand Corner House , as a preliminary to being seduced . |
| 14 | I miss my painting , and hope that by keeping still it will , like some small exotic animal , find its way back tome without my attempting to chase it down the byways of my exhausted creativity . |
| 15 | The English fleet , once at sea , managed to cut across the bows of the Spaniards , then turned to pursue them up the channel . |
| 16 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's going to pay you back the loan at the end of the week . ’ |
| 18 | Do you think you 've got to have it down the edge there , have n't you ? |
| 19 | ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ? |
| 20 | Got to take them out the root . |
| 21 | What is it like to have a very quick labour , when instead of the agonising hours in the delivery room , you 're not sure you 're going to make it up the hospital steps ? |
| 22 | I agreed and arranged to pick it up the next morning on the way . |
| 23 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |
| 24 | Turning her round , he began propelling her back the way she 'd come . |
| 25 | Hazel turned towards it and the rest began to follow him up the slope in ones and twos . |
| 26 | For my tuppence worth i agree with Triffic Brooking that it was n't a back-pass but Beaney should have wellied it up the pitch . |
| 27 | Allen hit the post Byrne had one cleared off the line … a win would have shot them up the table defeat leaves them too near the bottom … |
| 28 | Yeah , I 'd , I 'll have to blank it out the part when I 'm talking about passwords and things as well . |
| 29 | ‘ I decided to put them off the scent . ’ |
| 30 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |