Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one of them led him up the garden path to a shed . |
| 2 | Then one of them led him up the garden path to a shed . |
| 3 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 4 | ‘ I kicked him up the backside , ’ smiles Gray at the memory of their clash on a London soccer pitch when they were both 13-year-old ragamuffins . |
| 5 | It slowed things up to keep slipping it in and out of my jeans pocket so after a while I tucked it up the sleeve of my jersey . |
| 6 | And at last , and most imprudently , he married an ambitious tyrant who drove him up the career ladder , and when things began to get too much he set to work on a toy church with pastor , pulpit , congregation , organ and so forth . |
| 7 | In fact if you add it up the moon can go round the earth thirteen times in a year . |
| 8 | She followed him up the room , repeating her sympathy and when that did not hold his attention , she began to apologize for her lateness in coming to speak to him about the tragedy . |
| 9 | And how did you get them up the station ? |
| 10 | He clipped the lead on to the dog with cold hands which would hardly function , and let her pull him up the slope as fast as he could make his legs move . |
| 11 | and then he got it up the back that far |
| 12 | He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive . |
| 13 | He helped her up the veranda steps and , taking a large key from his pocket , opened the arched door and stood aside for her to precede him . |
| 14 | It shook me up the way the split was done for the 1990 US Open . |
| 15 | find out , he says , alright then , so he took her up the room , and all you could hear was |
| 16 | That was a good bit when he fucked her up the arse . |
| 17 | And her uncle with me beside you and whole wedding and the minister was saying , sit down and do n't he he brought her up the aisle , I do n't know whether her father 's coming back or something , and he says no I 'm not sitting like , he says no I 'm not moving back and he stood there for the whole wedding like , back . |
| 18 | There were cries of shock and protest at Carmella 's outburst but Sean grabbed his young sister 's arm and , roughly pushing people aside , he dragged her up the centre aisle . |
| 19 | Jonathan wanted us to put ours up the weekend and I thought well |