Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pron] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 2 | When she went downstairs he picked up the photo which stood on the dressing-table , one of his parents at someone else 's wedding . |
| 3 | As the last echoes of American drawl died away we scrambled up the final pitch and slithered down the dangerous descent in near darkness . |
| 4 | It was a quiet question from Reginald now ; and she answered him as quietly : bending forward she looked up the table towards him as she said , ‘ Strange things are happening . |
| 5 | I I have n't contacted only from what who er Granville said so I picked up the communion the straight away and then I could n't and she 's coming on the or that Sunday the first |