Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
2 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
3 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
4 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
5 | Masklin swung backwards and forwards , trying to pull himself up the rough cloth . |
6 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
7 | ‘ My friend , Lord Auden and I cut one up the other day , ’ she says ( of an old mahogany sideboard ) . |
8 | When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off . |
9 | Well alright , but can you , can you not get rid of a couple of the boxes and what 's this thing there ? well why do n't you tip it up the other way and give yourself a bit more room , tomorrow Deana what 's that , your dictionary ? |
10 | I agreed and arranged to pick it up the next morning on the way . |
11 | Should n't have really warmed it up the first time . |
12 | We will encourage school to invest in sports facilities and open them up the local community . |
13 | For some reason he remembered old Doyle , the gardener , dead now for thirty years , leading him up the same pathway round to the back door and into the kitchen for the mid-morning cup of tea . |
14 | Cos I 'd cleaned it up the other day cos it had mildew on the bottom of it ! |
15 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
16 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |
17 | Philip followed them up the open staircase and into the woman 's bedroom . |
18 | He began paddling at the age of 10 , got his first boat 3 years later , spent a week with PGL and followed it up the next year with a course at Raven 's Ait . |
19 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
20 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
21 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
22 | I laugh and push him up the last step . |
23 | Trouble was , he never would listen to orders , rubbed everyone up the wrong way . |
24 | As an outsider , probably being the only Englishman in the quarries , you know I I think they were surprised , the fact that it was a local family , I think that 's what really rubbed them up the wrong way . |
25 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
26 | ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief . |
27 | You must have touched her up the wrong way . |
28 | Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way . |
29 | And if you go , if you 're not gon na pick them up the next day . |
30 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |