Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd get our demands because anything was done to shut us up and get us out of their offices . |
| 2 | there were one or two lads in our unit who were sons of er , of er manufacturing , one was er Crawford Biscuits you know , I soldiered with him and I do n't know if you remember er erm , er but anyway , Frank , Frank at Keighley of course when I got , when we got married he , he came up and got us these blankets did n't he ? |
| 3 | They 'll give up and leave us to get on with some work I imagine . |
| 4 | ‘ She got our backs up and treated us like schoolchildren , ’ said Davies . |
| 5 | ‘ A secretary will ring up and tell us a professor has people coming to lunch and so we 'll get on with that . ’ |
| 6 | He was saying he would come up and tell us how Stephen was and everything . |
| 7 | Coventry ( again ) were playing West Brom , West Brom were below us and had to beat coventry to stay up and send us down . |
| 8 | The harried men tried to keep order but finally gave up and let us take over . |
| 9 | Indeed the only real drawback , if you can call it that , is that people are continually coming up and congratulating us on our victory over England . ’ |
| 10 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 11 | ‘ Abuelito — Grandfather — wake up and tell us you are all right . ’ |
| 12 | That means she 'll make her mind up and tell us , yeah we 'll make our minds up , the royal we |
| 13 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 14 | But , firms are beginning to open up and give us an opportunity actually to take youngsters in and see what it 's all about . |
| 15 | I wish he 'd hurry up and give us it . |
| 16 | Cos Johnny can come up and give us a hand ca n't he ? |
| 17 | In fact , when Chris , Sara , Michael and I visited her in hospital , it was she who cheered us up and made us laugh ! |
| 18 | I was talking to Mike McFarlane when Allan came up and interrupted us and spoke to Mac , looking me over but not saying anything to me . |
| 19 | Come and draw it , come and draw up and show us . |
| 20 | ‘ Get up and make us some tea . |
| 21 | The time flew by and the coach came to pick us up and take us home . |
| 22 | ‘ Well hurry up and leave us alone . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd just rob us and tie us up and leave us for the wolves , I expect . ’ |
| 24 | When we are babies we cry so that our parents will pick us up and cuddle us . |
| 25 | They used to beat us up , literally beat us up and terrorise us . |
| 26 | Being deprived of the goals , our desire eats us up and leaves us dissatisfied and with a sense of longing . |
| 27 | is er , Robert you can come up and take us through the four steps of selling . |
| 28 | Instead I concluded he was about as frightened of death as I am so why , in the good Lord 's name , did he get up and bore us stiff telling us different ? |
| 29 | As we walked into the cafe , a couple of the local farmers in denim overalls and caps looked up and welcomed us . |
| 30 | It 's clear from my inquiries that the FA originally envisaged Wednesday , September 9 as a triumphant homecoming for Taylor and his assistant Lawrie McMenemy — ‘ Just put your feet up and watch us win . ’ |