Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] up the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief . |
| 6 | You must have touched her up the wrong way . |
| 7 | Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way . |
| 8 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |
| 9 | Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . |
| 10 | ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ? |
| 11 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |