Example sentences of "do they up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chases , the Waylands , the Chyldes , the Esplins — they 've all found old houses in the south-western and northern suburbs of the city , and done them up , and rung to invite Howard to dinner . |
| 2 | Sergeant-Chef Gibeau leant over , tapped me on the forefinger with a table knife and told me to do them up again . |
| 3 | That 's alright you do n't need to do them up |
| 4 | Each time I had to stop and spend about thirty seconds doing them up , which destroyed the rhythm of the afternoon . |
| 5 | And doing them up |
| 6 | As Mrs Robson said , people had taken to war like they did to life : they had accepted it and were living with it and with all the things it did to them ; but why did them up top have to go and stop the flower trains coming from Cornwall ? |
| 7 | As fast as he undid them I did them up again , so that when he got to my waist and sighed he recoiled with indignation and astonishment to find that his labour had been in vain . |
| 8 | Who did them up ? |
| 9 | See , you do them up . |
| 10 | You do them up , you do n't da you muck them out , dress them over , let them loose they have a easy time like we do . |
| 11 | yeah I 've got a lot of relations , I 've got twenty , twenty seven er grandchildren , that includes the great grandchildren , twenty seven which I have er to get something for all at Christmas it 's a pantomime I 've got stuff here and everywhere sorting out for them , cos my little grandson tonight is coming round to wrap them up for me so I got to mind I have n't , leave his present in the way otherwise he 'll know what he 's got yeah he 's got , I got a tape for him , he wanted a tape called Madness so I 've got him a tape for it so I 've had to put that out the way so he does n't wrap that up , no he comes and does them up for me tonight , and a friend Ian will help him as well , so you know it 's , it 's great really |