Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 2 | I 've got a helicopter due to pick us up in half an hour , and the Citation 's on stand-by . |
| 3 | Think you 're supposed to fill it up to that mark Stephen says . |
| 4 | Given that our five-frame match is likely to last anything up to six hours at our normal rate of play , I have decided to spring a new psychological tactic on Martin : I shall eat bananas throughout the match , as top tennis players do . |
| 5 | The 34-year-old former Liverpool and Blackburn star has been unable to fix himself up with another club since the summer , but the Robins ' boss is lining him up for a reserve game against Walsall next week . |
| 6 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
| 7 | For those leaving , we believe we have offered good separation terms , and we have , in many cases , been able to back them up with independent , professional job-counselling . |
| 8 | I was never able to take him up on this kindness , alas , since he and half the drugs squad were themselves arrested a few days later . |
| 9 | You say your life is too precious to give it up for any country and yet it 's not valuable enough for you to pay me two hundred pounds not to shoot you . |
| 10 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 11 | When the Orioles ' designated hitter lifts a three-run homer over the right field fence in the ninth to wrap it up at 9–3 , the resigned Sox faithful begin heading for the exits . |
| 12 | The worrying thing for other World Cup teams next summer is that , if and when Maradona recovers his best form — and he will most likely do so in June — then the rest of the Argentina side looks ready to set him up for another stupendous tournament . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll take a quick break for some tea and then we should be ready to run it up in another hour , ’ he briefs Captain Tuck-Brown , who has come across to check on progress before going home for the day . |