Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even to play with a pick I would have to do the same thing , like Phil Lynott did , whereas to play with my fingers in a heavy metal kind of way , as I normally do , I have to have the bass quite low or else my wrist gets mangled up and I start having problems with tendonitis . |
| 2 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 3 | Do n't go yet because Caroline 's awaiting and we 're connected up cos I 've got the microphone . |
| 4 | Now my children are grown up so I do n't need constant help . |
| 5 | I 'll never be grown up if I keep forgetting things . |
| 6 | No I 'm fed up and I 've got to have a new board , electrical board |
| 7 | I think they get fed up and I do n't think that a that language-wise they have the vocabulary in the school to be able to pluck out meaningful comments and you know , and go right across the curriculum there I think |
| 8 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
| 9 | And in those days erm I , the Co-op had got a building society as well you see , so it all tied up and I think mother , you know , I , I think it was a very good shop , I mean it was er so . |
| 10 | I 'll be out all day , you can stay cuddled up till I get back . ’ |
| 11 | Indeed , there is so much dissatisfaction with that union from within the prison service that another union , the Prison Service Union , is being set up and I understand that it has so far received 1,000 pledges from prospective members . |
| 12 | They have slipped up since I forecast they would leave only one spot . |
| 13 | It 's not simply a matter of defying conventions although I admit I have been strictly brought up and I think it would break my parents ’ hearts if ever they came to know I was living with a man who was not my husband . |
| 14 | We get C V's printed up cos I send them to my dad . |
| 15 | if the rail fare 's gone up as I expect it may well have done . |
| 16 | I 'm so glad you had this conversation with me while I 've been miked up and I 've got it all taped . |
| 17 | I 'm more toned up and I have now got my match fitness . |
| 18 | I took their advice , but I must have had an inclination towards food to have ended up as I have . |
| 19 | My hard disk has blown up and I 've lost that 5,000 word report . |
| 20 | Right , I 'm gon na get one of the girls in the office to send out a note and find out who gets what trade mag cos the supply of T T G's and Travel Weekly 's has sort of dried up and I do n't know who gets them . |