Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |
| 2 | Anyway , I phoned up the station and I said , you know , I 've never seen anybody on the station , is there anybody could come and have a look at this because I 'm sure we 're gon na have a fatality before long , because , in my case it 's my wife , it could be children who are playing there ! |
| 3 | I weighed up the pros and cons of doing it , and there were no other pros other than it might be fun . ’ |
| 4 | I hung up the phone and wondered who else to call . |
| 5 | I hung up the coat and sat down . |
| 6 | I collected up the pipes and made my way through the trees in the direction of NO. 3 Commando . |
| 7 | I scrambled up the ridge and there he lay dead , a dozen yards away . |
| 8 | I started up the bagpipes and was soon under way , marching up and down the church hall . |
| 9 | so I rang up the place and said I would like to go are you having another ? |
| 10 | Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey . |
| 11 | I cleaned up the spill and walked down to the corner shop with my grocery list and three ten-bob notes to pay off last week 's ‘ strap ’ . |
| 12 | In the car I rolled up the windows and screamed all the way to the Sawtelle Veteran 's Hospital in Los Angeles where we were filming . |
| 13 | I looked up the window and no , no Martine there |
| 14 | I looked up the teletext and it said full squad for Manchester United . |
| 15 | Only the young Swede and the attendant took a sympathetic interest and pointed helpfully as I gathered up the meatballs and deposited them in the ashtray . |
| 16 | ‘ I went up the nave and was surprised to see a man , cowled and hooded , kneeling at the entrance to the Lady Chapel . ’ |
| 17 | I went up the school and had a look at them |
| 18 | I went up the shops and changed a pound . |
| 19 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 20 | I sent up the accent and made the audience laugh by suddenly relapsing into cockney at odd times . |
| 21 | After giving your letter to my ‘ bonne ’ yesterday I gave up the fight and retired in good order to bed , where I am still . |
| 22 | Again I tore up the letter and did not reply . |
| 23 | The day looked bright but cold ; I laced up the Docs and went for a walk in the hills behind Gallanach . |
| 24 | I held up the lamp and turned the picture round to see if there was anything written on the back . |
| 25 | I held up the light and looked in every corner of the room . |
| 26 | I picked up the lamp and went into the bathroom . |
| 27 | It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston . |
| 28 | More to put her at her ease again than for any other reason I picked up The Times and showed it to her . |
| 29 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 30 | I picked up the phone and gave him an ear-bashing . ’ |