Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
| 2 | that er you 're not you know , take her back on a Sunday but you 're not picking her up on a Friday , I said she 's got a train pass make her come home |
| 3 | And then do n't , you no need take her home you see , because it 's only just picking her up on a Tuesday . |
| 4 | But even the Government 's staunchest supporters were n't exactly whooping it up over the results . |
| 5 | Incidentally , the last I heard , that weekly coach to the Upper Witham was still running — under the name of Heeley Angling Club and , even more surprising , I understand that ’ Jock ’ was still driving them up to a few years ago . |
| 6 | Then remove the protective paper ( if any ) of the sensitised board and place this , etch-resist side down , onto the artwork , carefully lining it up on the artwork . |
| 7 | they probably enjoyed it , cos they probably setting it up on the market stalls up there and there afford it . |
| 8 | The expression on his face had grown hard and grim as he 'd scanned the paper in his hands , before angrily crunching it up into a ball and hurling it into a nearby waste-paper basket . |
| 9 | The writer , on the contrary , may look over what he has already written , pause between each word with no fear of his interlocutor interrupting him , take his time in choosing a particular word , even looking it up in the dictionary if necessary , check his progress with his notes , reorder what he has written , and even change his mind about what he wants to say . |
| 10 | Try cutting it out altogether for a while , or at least giving it up during the week and reducing your weekend consumption . |
| 11 | You could move these to locations 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 , for conveniently calling them up from a MIDI pedal . |
| 12 | On another occasion Ricky knocked Minton out on the platform of the Underground , afterwards propping him up on a bench until he recovered sufficiently to be walked home . |