Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] [pers pn] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediately Alex thought : so that 's why she invited me to dinner , to try and match me up with her semi-alcoholic brother . |
| 2 | Paul 's in a meeting , but she 's going to try and pick him up on the way , or leave a note for him to follow on . |
| 3 | Not like , I mean I was making my way there , he was making his way there and I would n't want them to come and pick me up in the car |
| 4 | Her husband had been taken into hospital and she was waiting for her son to come and pick her up at half past twelve , this was at half past ten in morning ! |
| 5 | I had to go and get it up across the road . |
| 6 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 7 | Her husband was out with a fare in another car , and she radioed him to stop and pick me up on his way . |