Example sentences of "i [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It started to suck me up the face . |
| 32 | You got to meet me up the railway . |
| 33 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 34 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |
| 35 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 36 | I cried out and then more waves came up over my face and … well , just coughing and Bert carrying me up the cliff . ’ |
| 37 | She 'll ring me up the day before . ’ |
| 38 | It shook me up the way the split was done for the 1990 US Open . |
| 39 | Some years ago , shortly after I took up climbing , a more experienced Geordie acquaintance was taking me up the Barbican on Castle Rock , Thirlmere . |
| 40 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 41 | I had murder with [ my GP ] ‘ cos , when I went , I was in a bad way and me mam took me up the doctor 's and he just said : ‘ I wo n't give you methadone . |
| 42 | Another mountain of water came , pushed me up the beach , and I fell on the wet sand . |
| 43 | Dad phoned me up the day before and , knowing I was about to go away on holiday , suggested we meet the next night , on the fourth of August . |
| 44 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 45 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 46 | ‘ Talk about leading me up the garden path ! |
| 47 | ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief . |
| 48 | It was that phone call that sent me up the cul-de-sac . |
| 49 | The man turns and trots away from me up the right-hand staircase from the mezzanine to the station platform . |
| 50 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 51 | Who said I 'll answer me up the end and we can see how we go . |
| 52 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 53 | Well Zoe said tell me up the school |
| 54 | Well can Clay take me up the bingo ? |
| 55 | so and not only that if Gary meets me up the train station we can go straight into town on our own , leave him with Pat . |
| 56 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 57 | ‘ Well , reasonably so , I suppose , but after the meal , not after he gave me back the hat . |
| 58 | That attracted Pompey , and Whittingham explained : ‘ I decided to buy myself out for £450 and take the plunge — I 'm glad to say Portsmouth did pay me back the money — and I 've never really looked back . |
| 59 | He handed me back the key , thanked me , picked up his grip and left . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Give me back the gun , ’ he said tightly . |