Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] up with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This puts a healthy pressure on the insurer to provide good quality policies and back them up with a fast and fair administrative and claims service . |
| 2 | I noticed that she was very modest in front of me , going through mild contortions putting on her undies beneath her dressing-gown , and once when it fell off , revealing her shabbily but quite decently clad in a mauve rayon slip , she snatched it up with a quick " Sorry dear " . |
| 3 | Generally what we do for the engineers that come in [ is ] , we put them up with a senior guy , to go on the system , and bring them up that way … . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll have to feed you up with a good meal before you go , ’ said Sister Margaret . |
| 5 | You could have warmed it up with a hot water bottle or a heat pad do n't leave it there with the baby in it , but you can certainly warm the bed first , you can warm the baby 's clothes , keep them in the airing cupboard , or lots of houses around here have Agas do n't they ? |
| 6 | But their defence could do nothing as winger Sharpe burst down the left and opened them up with a devastating cross . |
| 7 | In the second half , Swindon were again on top whilst Maclaren fired them up with a free kick . |
| 8 | Apply it over the boards with a roller , wait a few seconds , then wipe it up with a clean cloth . |
| 9 | " Take a quart of Creme and a pint of rhenish wine and the juice of 4 lemons sweeten it to your taste and put in some leamon peele then whip it up with a small rod and put it with a spoone into syllabub glasses . " |
| 10 | A voice from the front of the column shouted , ‘ Piper , at Achnacarry and in England you wake us up with your bagpipes ; here in France we wake you up with a hot dinner at the last minute . ’ |
| 11 | And wished he had n't because , two weeks later , Donald was holding him up with a sawn-off shotgun for an hour and a half . |
| 12 | He plunged at Rex , who had nowhere to run , scooped him up with a single movement and held him good and high . |
| 13 | But unlike many well-meaning friends , he followed it up with a practical alternative : ‘ Tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer , and the peace of God , which transcends human understanding , will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 14 | The microwave chimed and she hauled a still half-frozen block of chilli out on a big plate ; she started breaking it up with a large wooden spoon . |
| 15 | Then I rang her up with a real ‘ he said , I said ’ story , an embroilment with a friend which had worried me . |
| 16 | Shelley cleaned the wound very thoroughly and bound it up with a clean dressing . |
| 17 | She brushed past Penry , eluding the hand he put out to detain her as she ran outside to the car , deaf to his entreaties as she jumped in the car and started it up with a violent rev of the engine . |
| 18 | Crilly fixes us up with a brown powdered lump upon the foil . |
| 19 | and cleaned me up with a large whitewash brush . |
| 20 | Maybe I 'd better wing out there right away and have them fix me up with a temporary . |
| 21 | The other three departments keep most information in hard copy but back it up with a small use of online services . |
| 22 | And we 'd started him up with a little donkey engine and a saw bench , started him up making bundles of firewood up . |
| 23 | And follow it up with a new question . |
| 24 | Finally , my old friend Alistair Sampson set me up with a cheerful office over his shop in the Brompton Road , where I am gathering stock and beginning life again . |
| 25 | Anne was jolted , but Jeane Russell held her up with a painful grip . |
| 26 | But Magilton wrapped it up with a fierce free-kick . |
| 27 | Following it up with a barbaric dose of guitar pop like ‘ Kennedy ’ would have seen off any new-found ‘ fans ’ and old faithfuls would have welcomed back their indie darlings at the drop of a balalaika . |
| 28 | ‘ Your work is still creating interest , and the women of the Fabian Society are talking of following it up with a scientific examination of the social and economic condition of the women in the poorer parts of London , carrying on where Booth in his great survey of poverty left off . ’ |
| 29 | They mentioned that you and Anna walked a hundred miles and that you were following it up with a heavy date . |
| 30 | This is done by asking an " open question " whose significance is not immediately apparent , and following it up with a supplementary . |