Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 3 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 4 | The company has promised much in the past but to date failed to perform up to the market 's expectations . |
| 5 | Kayersbridge Farm in Hurst , Berkshire , was making its second appearance at auction : auctioneer Gary Murphy had sold it in December for £262,000 to a bidder who failed to come up with the money . |
| 6 | Why should a female want to pair up with a male that already has several females when there are bachelors around ? |
| 7 | That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier . |
| 8 | One retired to Beirut after going bankrupt , one got mixed up in a betting scandal , and the third was convicted of tax-dodging . |
| 9 | Kenneth Clarke watched from the window as the police got mixed up in the brawl . |
| 10 | It has its new smell still — the perfect red plastic smell , the smell of writing numbers in arithmetic books ruled in squares ; the smell it had before it got mixed up in the dust and plasticine and tangled electric flex in the toy drawer . |
| 11 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 12 | ‘ We 're prepared to accept that you just got caught up in a drug bust . |
| 13 | It appears that the Airborne and Commandos got caught up in the shelling and suffered casualties , dead and wounded . ’ |
| 14 | Another man , a social worker got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 15 | Another man , a social worker , got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 16 | His parents , who live at Clevelys , near Blackpool , feared he had strayed outside the airport and got caught up in the disaster . |
| 17 | You said you got caught up in the fighting , my husband Michael said he 'd love to hear more about that . |
| 18 | His horse , Travel Over , got caught up in the tape at the second false start and came back from Aintree lame . |
| 19 | In another incident , workers became caught up in a forest of 50 metre-deep piles supporting a fourstorey office block in Park Lane . |
| 20 | A strange feeling of expectation mixed with our fear as we became caught up in the thrill of the hunt . |
| 21 | She sits curled up on the couch in the sitting room of her house high above the ocean in Malibu , and gets just slightly dewy-eyed as she talks about her family and the early days . |
| 22 | She sits curled up in the corner of the sofa with her feet tucked under her and her half-written letter to her cousin waiting in her lap . |
| 23 | It was absolutely great and confirmed to everybody in the band that what I was doing was viable , and I got picked up by an agent right away — the same night , in fact . ’ |
| 24 | Muslim ones tend to shrivel up at the thought of their women going out to work . |
| 25 | Colleagues wept as they told how she planned to meet up with a friend for a two-week walking holiday . |
| 26 | But what a pity that , when the heat was on — when the law of the land was being challenged by Labour councillors up and down the country , and by Members of Parliament — the Opposition Front Bench was found wanting , and failed to stand up to the rule of law . |
| 27 | Do you want to come up to the window where you can see ? |
| 28 | They want to go up to the aviary but I I ca n't get I ca n't get this buggy up there up that hill . |
| 29 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 30 | As er as you can imagine , it 's a very difficult task , nobody wants to go up in the region , it has malaria , it 's dangerous , it 's it Transportation is difficult . |