Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stirling divided them up into eight patrols of three jeeps each , with orders to keep up the pressure . |
| 2 | ‘ Master Daunbey , ’ Mandeville caught him up at the corner of the gallery . |
| 3 | Its one and only race was 1966 British Grand Prix where Trevor Taylor lined it up on 18th place on the grid and retired during the very first lap . |
| 4 | On Thursday at the 17th Arnold knocks it up to an identical spot and says , ‘ What club is it , Tip ? ’ |
| 5 | While Kathleen wired him up to a monitor and put in an intravenous line , Ben ran gentle fingers over the boy . |
| 6 | Anything to have Lucy scoop her up from her scrubbed doorstep . |
| 7 | Shiona gathered her up in her arms and kissed her . |
| 8 | This one now , er again hits him Mahammama on the pad , trickles out on the off side and Goch picks it up from extra cover . |
| 9 | And so Mister Johnny took them up through the dark yew trees , carrying the goose and holding Nick 's hand . |
| 10 | Sally-Anne tossed her head at this , and repeated that it was all nothing — ‘ And really you should not make such a fuss over so little ’ — but all the same she was happy to let Matey help her up to bed ; she felt strangely weak , and the thought of Sunday lunch and washing up , and all the work to be done before the day was over , made her feel worse than ever . |
| 11 | Hilary was eighteen when Meredith picked him up at the BBC Club . ’ |
| 12 | Shufflebotham picked it up for him . |
| 13 | Angalo pushed himself up on his elbows . |
| 14 | Grimma picked herself up from the plank and nervously started to pick bits of rust off herself . |
| 15 | With three matches to go , NSW 's , outright victory over SA pushed them up into equal second place with WA , two points behind leaders and defending champions Victory and two points clear of Queensland , who have a game in hand . |
| 16 | A fortnight later , on the plains of the Namoi , Gould was thrilled to see the same bird in such great numbers that , when Natty drove them up before him , ‘ eight fell to a single discharge' of his gun . |
| 17 | The next morning , Ian woke her up with a cup of tea , said he was sorry about last night , he 'd had a bit too much to drink . |
| 18 | Once it was home , the stalwart Alan helped me up to the loft with it , where it awaits my occupation in due course . |
| 19 | Why did Doctor Jekyll lock himself up in his study ? |
| 20 | Alida hauled her up by the arms , plumped up the pillows , and shook them hard , until the dust soared . |
| 21 | They saw a news item about the deaths on television and advised Gore to give himself up to police . |
| 22 | Katie cut hers up into five hundred pieces |
| 23 | Benny pulled himself up from the floor with difficulty . |
| 24 | Simon pulled himself up inside the kiosk : ‘ It looks like a bomb 's hit it ! — Is that the cash-box over there ? |
| 25 | With an effort Shannon pulled herself up to her full five-feet-three-inch height , desperately striving for some sort of dignity , even though she was shivering all over . |
| 26 | Rachaela eased herself up from the bed of sheets and pillows , skin and hair . |
| 27 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 28 | Then she has Darren until May picks him up at seven . |
| 29 | It only remained then , in this tight little half-hour programme , for David Attenborough to bring us up to date on the mountain gorillas of Rwanda — they are mainly alive and moderately well but not thanks to poachers — and for Mr Soper to have a fleeting swipe at the conservation intentions of the government , and it was all over . |
| 30 | As Mrs Giffen showed me up to my room , she smiled and said , ‘ Is n't it wonderful ? |