Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] up [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 I decide to play it safe , so I tackle up with a ¼oz bullet stopped only 1½ inches from the number 4 hook .
2 It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque .
3 If I get up out a chair it 's murder .
4 no I do n't think we 'll have a pussy cat for the foreseeable future , not shut up , I say it 's different if they can go out , sharpen their claws on a bit of bark or , unless I end up with a goldfish
5 While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’
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