Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
| 2 | I have them up the front bedroom window . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | could you firm it up a little bit with him you firm it up with I 'll talk to Scottish Homes |
| 6 | But you must see that she says her prayers at night , Antoinette exclaimed : how else can you bring her up a good Catholic ? |
| 7 | She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy . |
| 8 | Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way . |
| 9 | But I was rewriting that to try to get the lines to work and all of those things , and they mess it up a little bit , which annoyed me . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 11 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 12 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 13 | So it covers it up a little bit , but it looks like he 's gone bald . |
| 14 | He kidnaps her in the hope that she will accept and return his affections and when he ties her up the sexual and emotional metaphors of the title abound . |
| 15 | Where 's the bedroom ? ’ he demanded roughly as he carried her up the wide curving staircase . |