Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Appropriates ’ is generally proved by a witness stating that the accused picked the property up or put it in a shopping bag or a pocket . |
| 2 | A guardsman got up and thanked him in English for granting the battalion a week 's leave . |
| 3 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 4 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 5 | ‘ Instead of grabbing a tin of soup the book will say , ‘ Pick up a few carrots , a leek , chop them up and throw them in water , add a dash of cream , a few leaves of chervil , and you have something homely and delicious that you have made . ’ |
| 6 | And I have cleaned round him , but you know , as quick as I pick them up and throw them in the corner , he gets them out again . |
| 7 | Unless you intend tying me up and locking me in my room ? ’ |
| 8 | Malcolm just used to screw them up and chuck them in the bin . |
| 9 | She held a warning finger up and wagged it in Fernando 's direction . |
| 10 | Quickly , Lissa gathered them up and dropped them in a heap on her opened briefcase . |
| 11 | He picked it up and dropped it in a bowl of fruit punch . |
| 12 | He lifted it up and dropped it in the white plastic bag which lines the litter bin . |
| 13 | She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin . |
| 14 | It need not be individual life , since in Bilbo 's second version others can take it up and follow it in their turn ; however in Frodo 's and Bilbo 's first version the image of the traveller pursuing the Road looks very like a symbol of the individual pursuing his moment of consciousness down the unknown road which is everyone 's future life , to an end which no one can predict . |
| 15 | And then just up and shoot him in the good old British way . |
| 16 | I wonder if you grind it up and smoke it in a pipe with tobacco , would it have the same effect ? |
| 17 | He 'd tried several , imitating his Mum 's signature but he 'd scrumpled them up and put them in the waste paper basket . |
| 18 | That has been done to death by ex-managers and ex-record companies who use a list of about two dozen tracks which they write down on a sheet of paper , cut them up and put them in a hat , and whatever order they come out in that 's another album . |
| 19 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 20 | She did n't know where half the things went , but she tidied them up and put them in piles on the stairs so people could taken them up to their rooms when they went , and the kitchen looked nice and tidy . |
| 21 | Frau Hoflin took one look at her and refrained from asking her to pick them up and put them in the washing machine . |
| 22 | They come out of lectures and then they round them up and put them in a small group , you know . |
| 23 | He set down the plate and taking a piece of newspaper out of his pocket wrapped the fat up and put it in his pocket . |
| 24 | One of you has picked it up and put it in your pocket ’ ! |
| 25 | Anthony came to read it , then automatically folded it up and put it in the breast pocket of his black coat . |
| 26 | Undoing his Sulka tie , he rolled it up and put it in his pocket . |
| 27 | It assured him of his right to be here and he picked it up and put it in his jacket pocket before walking through into the hall with its white doors leading to the reception rooms . |
| 28 | Can we move the dresser dresser up and put it in there ? |
| 29 | They mix it up and put it in that ! |
| 30 | Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew |