Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " 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 quota is established by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of members to be elected plus one , and rounding up or adding one to the quotient . |
| 3 | However , both TA and IT are relatively complicated to master and you re recommended to let someone else set them up or run them for you unless you are really eager to advance your computer expertise . |
| 4 | He jumped up and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 5 | I got up and kissed her on the way up and went to meet the boys . |
| 6 | Mrs Mrs rang me up and ask me about the one |
| 7 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 8 | Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy . |
| 9 | He said and we 'll take it up and repair it for you . |
| 10 | Er and er you 'd say , well try and get on old sheet and wash it thoroughly and iron them the p cut it up and iron them with a hot iron . |
| 11 | Take about three bananas , and cut them up and arrange them on a plate in four pieces to look like a monster . |
| 12 | The vicar ‘ came down to the steps at the top of the nave , accompanied by a server with a basket of palms and we all went up and got one except J[ack] . ’ |
| 13 | Old people , in old people 's homes , sometimes regress to this stage , and they also can be observed to play with faeces and to wrap them up and present them as a gift . |
| 14 | A guardsman got up and thanked him in English for granting the battalion a week 's leave . |
| 15 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 16 | She took a joint from the pack , lit up and offered one to Mitchum who accepted . |
| 17 | It is only then that I can get up and interpose myself between his wet shirtfront and the sink , where the suds soak into my lower back . |
| 18 | The tall heavy , dark-haired with thick brows too close together , stood up and balanced himself on the balls of his feet . |
| 19 | Jonathan , Jonathan , dad wants to watch the news in a minute please , so hurry up and change it over You 'd think they 'd save that You do n't know , I would n't be surprised you will well that 's marvellous is n't it ? |
| 20 | Damon kept rolling them up and using them as megaphones . |
| 21 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 22 | Anyway , after about half an hour — the whole lesson — I just dried up and said something like , ‘ Well , that 's it . ’ |
| 23 | and she 's never rung up and said anything about the shirts and trousers , |
| 24 | Old Henry VII , father to the Great Killer , was a born miser and inveterate liar who would n't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the nose . |
| 25 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 26 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 27 | She arched against him , her hands searching desperately for his skin , and with a harsh groan he stood up and dragged her to her feet . |
| 28 | But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd . |
| 29 | Pages were put together by gathering the material up and roughing it into a layout based round the principal hooks — the headlines and pictures which were the only things that really mattered . |
| 30 | She picked it up and set it on her knee , then began taking out the yellow and black wooden pieces and setting them on the board . |