Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the diligent ‘ style ’ journalist he is , Cohn notes them all down and offers them up for our delight . |
| 2 | The week-long shower drives me up ladders |
| 3 | She turns me up , she looks so bleeding bored all day . " |
| 4 | That shuts me up . |
| 5 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 6 | It builds them up into superbeings so that , when you actually meet them face to face , there is that unavoidable feeling of being let down . |
| 7 | It builds them up . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 9 | The owner , a posh woman with a hairstyle like an upright honeycomb , looks me up and down and only drawls , ‘ It 's very expensive . ’ |
| 10 | He looks me up and down rather ruefully . |
| 11 | She looks me up and down and says , ‘ I 'm Mr Newbegin 's wife . ’ |
| 12 | Well , I do n't fight , he beats me up — it 's my fault , I provoke him . |
| 13 | My wife beats me up |
| 14 | Cos she beats me up ! |
| 15 | Receptor molecules spit out their neurotransmitters once they have served their purpose , and the cell whence they came mops them up for reuse . |
| 16 | Well before both , my alert mind has me up and about my mother 's business . |
| 17 | Vomits me up . |
| 18 | ‘ When she realised she faced death she said to me : ‘ God wants me up there to look after the children ’ . ’ |
| 19 | The water holds them up . |
| 20 | announcement every time there 's a delivery and the brother who 's giving the announcements on a Tuesday or a Thursday , whenever they meet , he , he says that we have new magazines tonight brothers and he may hold them up and said you know , that they 're this and that and lovely , beautiful magazines Jehovah doing so well now through his organization and he 's presenting us with , with erm marvellous erm appealing literature , he holds them up and says we 're , we 're , we 're able to get your magazines tonight and er we would like you to get them straight out at me , and they 're still there two or three weeks later , your magazines , this is a way we can stay spiritually awake , is by going and getting them straight away , not for the benefit of the brothers , poor old brother who is on the job and he 's wondering why , are they gon na come and fetch my magazines or not , but because we need to devour that spiritual feeling , we need to keep up to date with everything that Jehovah 's providing us with . |
| 21 | Jenny holds me up with one arm and shouts at him . |
| 22 | If any song really chokes me up , it 's that one . |
| 23 | While they may not realise it , owners can be held liable if their dog attacks someone , or causes an accident or damage , and this policy covers them up to £1 million . |
| 24 | the black grows quicker , longer than the white and it covers them up . |
| 25 | He covers them up with sheets of plastic . |
| 26 | Nobody rings me up that late . ’ |
| 27 | Indeed I am always immensely flattered when somebody a long way down our hierarchy rings me up and asks me to do something which they believe I am in a particularly good position to do . |
| 28 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 29 | I said I wish I could happy go lucky like that I do n't think she re , she rings me up , you do n't wan na ring me ! |
| 30 | Er , she rings me up to tell me to ring her back up |