Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So why has Madge Grimsilk never offered to run me up a quick ball-dress on the wardrobe sewing machine ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ? |
| 3 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |
| 4 | You 'll have to have it up a little bit or the same thing 'll happen at |
| 5 | We 're going to have to heat it up a little bit . |
| 6 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |