Example sentences of "her up [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The polo-playing major 's ex-fiancee , Emma Stewardson , 29 , has told how Hewitt stood her up to visit Diana at Highgrove in Gloucestershire . |
| 2 | and she said Con had rung her up to say Kevin is going abroad , the other side of the world |
| 3 | It was only when I rang her up to chase up what had happened to the she says , oh dear I 've sent it to the wrong one . |
| 4 | I used to tease her about being so house-proud and she 'd tell me how her Aunt Rosina brought her up to do everything just so . ’ |
| 5 | He had taken her up to see her own mother , and Nessie , to his surprise , humoured her in her chatter about Celia and Dermot . |
| 6 | Send her up to see me . |
| 7 | I mean obviously if for example did n't ring up and say I want to sign your name your name tomorrow , I 'd ring her up to see whether she 'd lost her mind or something . |
| 8 | Alright , she 'll be expecting she reckons she 's due on the twenty third of March , but the hospital say it 's , it 's the twenty ninth , so it 'll be next week , I 'll have to give a ring , we went to see her the other week , to see how she was , erm we went round er one night , I rung her up to see if she 'd be in , I said right we 'll be round for an hour |
| 9 | My eyes prickle with tears , and I have to stop myself from waking her up to remind her of my love . |
| 10 | Did he mean to let Ned know that he had not found her up to scratch and then , after so much humiliation , deliver her over to the Dallams ? |
| 11 | ‘ It cheers her up to put them on , ’ Albert said . |
| 12 | Then all at once he was taking her hand and drawing her up to stand before him . |
| 13 | He took her by both hands , and drew her up to stand breast to breast with him . |
| 14 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 15 | She 's a hard , proud girl , and Miss Havisham has brought her up to break men 's hearts , as a revenge on all men . ’ |
| 16 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 17 | We had to phone her up to get the number . |
| 18 | We had to phone her up to get the code . |
| 19 | I would n't put it past that bitch to have set her up to frame me . ’ |
| 20 | And though that would be a sad time for her , in Glasgow , alone , it would cheer her up to think what fun they were having ! |
| 21 | She wondered whether to stay where she was , cold and tear-stained , and let her father find her and pick her up to comfort her as he did when she was small . |
| 22 | She has brought her up to make men fall at her feet in love with her and then to treat them roughly and to break their hearts . |