Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] up [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a helicopter due to pick us up in half an hour , and the Citation 's on stand-by . |
| 2 | I nearly fell over , he pulled me up with such a |
| 3 | So I went there and cornered her in the canteen and tried to chat her up for half an hour . |
| 4 | In fact when the cleaning lady has an ‘ audit ’ of his desk and tidies up the heaps , it is a ‘ nightmare ’ , taking him up to half a day to get back on track . |
| 5 | She walked to the main doors with him and said a quick ‘ Goodnight ’ , reminding him that she 'd pick him up at eleven the following morning . |
| 6 | The slowness of the process means that you can fill it up with all the necessary ingredients for your soup , stew , casserole , risotto , or pudding , before you go out in the morning and you will arrive home to a wonderful smell and a meal that is instantly ready . |
| 7 | Well I think Yeah we could put it up to three a day we 'll got cos there is n't quite so much messing about you know . |
| 8 | He picked it up with all the enthusiasm of a man finding a mail-order death-warrant on his mat . |