Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 To join the band , I first picked up the sweater piece with right side facing and then using a three pronged latch tool I picked up the band .
2 It sounds quite absurd but the other day I walked up the footpath from the road just to see if it was .
3 The night I went up the bus was n't due to leave until 11 PM , so I left my luggage with the bus station and went for a meal .
4 On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her , hoping I still had the right number .
5 Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey .
6 So prolific was my perspiration I steamed up the viewfinder , and I imagine my acquaintance now possesses a fine set of prints featuring the edge of my thumb and some clouds .
7 I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’
8 And all the time I kept up the visualization .
9 Nevertheless , in that brief space of time I turned up the flame .
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