Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it .
2 Do not take it for granted that Accounts will be paying up the way you want or that suppliers will stay with you if they do n't get paid on time .
3 It is better than tripods for a really wet crop since the crop may be put up the day it is cut even in rainy weather .
4 Er , you look she falls , er , two or three rush to her , the stall holder fetches a chair , they 're all round her his son 's picking up the bit she slipped on .
5 He 's finalising the documentation for a private bid , and is putting up the cash himself
6 Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down .
7 On Sunday cos they were going soon and erm James was clearing up the garden you see I 've go , I ca n't I I can see gable
8 But to Paula 's triumphant delight the suit was snapped up the moment it went back onto its hanger — a solicitor 's wife who had stopped for a coffee had fallen in love with it , even if the skirt did have to be taken up four full inches to make it fit her less-than-willow tall frame .
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