Example sentences of "[verb] i up " in BNC.
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1 | I had a mum as a single parent and two grandparents and they did an excellent job of bringing me up ! |
2 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
3 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
4 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
5 | He used to swing me up onto his shoulders and carry me round … ’ |
6 | I was put back on the diet designed to ‘ build me up ’ . |
7 | It had been advised by my doctor that a year 's holiday in another land would build me up , as I had grown too quickly and had , as the phrase goes , " overgrown my strength " . |
8 | Yeah took me in to er build me up . |
9 | Who said I 'll answer me up the end and we can see how we go . |
10 | Hearing the panic in her voice , she quickly added , ‘ I mean , will you want me up here for long ? |
11 | Oh yeah I tell you what , cartoons are absolute , they crack me up cinema ? |
12 | They crack me up , they crack me up . |
13 | They crack me up , they crack me up . |
14 | The week-long shower drives me up ladders |
15 | ‘ I do n't want the feckin' Gardai pullin' me up for drunken drivin' . ’ |
16 | She turns me up , she looks so bleeding bored all day . " |
17 | This woman who , who keeps phoning me up about all this oil pollution on her land . |
18 | and Alan 's started phoning me up and saying |
19 | I told her not to bother phoning me up . |
20 | Told Jessica not to bother phoning me up . |
21 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |
22 | She says , ‘ How am I going to get round all these people phoning me up saying , ‘ Why am I not getting calls , it 's all your fault ’ , you know , all the rest of it ’ , when they have n't diverted their telephone to the right extension number . |
23 | ‘ I told him I was training with Guisborough that evening , so he met me up there and a deal was sorted out . |
24 | He kept touching me up , touching my breasts . |
25 | This guy sitting behind me started playing with my hair and touching me up . |
26 | That choked me up . |
27 | ‘ Would he eat me up ? ’ |
28 | Erm , okay the bogie man would come and eat me up . |
29 | Miss Bedwelty then said , ‘ You asked me up here to give my opinion . |
30 | Bring me up my whip ! ’ |