Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll bet he made them rope up to do the dishes . |
| 2 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 3 | When we stroll past the front of the van I peep up to check the reaction , and I guess that the two cops hunched inside see these two anxious faces glancing nervously , and they decide it is n't worth climbing out the van for , and I reckon that if I was them I too would lock the doors and stay inside . |
| 4 | So I finished up doing the lot . |
| 5 | No , I rang up to say the car should be out on Monday should I like to say Wednesday , no problem . |
| 6 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 7 | He became more active in the business again , and I grew up learning the ropes . ’ |
| 8 | Instead I warmed up retracing the predawn walk to Cross where I would collect the big rucksack and the last bus to Stornoway . |
| 9 | Er I come up to draw the President 's attention erm to a problem we have within the delegation and that is that when er Dick called the mover of resolution three eight one in the name of the Lancashire region John who was going to move the resolution was in fact sat in his seat within the delegation . |
| 10 | Early one morning , I ran up to find the horses had the same idea . |
| 11 | The first time I stood up to cross-examine the CEGB 's opening witness , Derek Davis — the man who had said in 1952 that there was ‘ no strong local opposition ’ to Hinkley C — I felt as though I was floundering in a mess of unthought-out quibbles . |
| 12 | There between my legs , the front wheels , and I ended up holding the handlebars and staring into this wee boy 's face a look of sheer fucking terror on his face , |
| 13 | Although the story of my doing Balthazar B and the Beastly Beatitudes is a bit strange inasmuch as I ended up playing the part that was completely opposite from the one I was originally intended to do . |
| 14 | I was getting that sick I ended up signing the papers and Stephen was adopted . |
| 15 | I do n't know how she got up to fix the ceiling chains . ’ |
| 16 | When much later in the afternoon she got up to get the tea a tearing sound was heard as her nice blue overall parted with the gummy chair — she let out a burst of laughter . |
| 17 | Throughout , the old lady sits silent , hands on lap , eyes on agitated thumbs and as she looks up to witness the man 's retreat her tear-streaked face is racked with pain . |
| 18 | Mother Francis often sat there herself when she came up to tidy the place . |
| 19 | She curled up facing the wall and shut her eyes . |
| 20 | She 'd been digging for a while when she looked up to swing the stone in her hand on to the pile , and saw Clare standing there . |
| 21 | She was just thinking dizzily that perhaps it was what she really should do , in order to get Dr Russell out of her system , when Sharon Blackett 's fat file was dumped unceremoniously on top of the rest of the paperwork and she looked up to see the endocrinologist 's painfully disturbing form looming over her . |
| 22 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
| 23 | But I think all the time where you have to keep on fighting all the time , so now like you get so mouthy in the end you ca n't shut up , you know [ laughs ] , you end up winning the argument 'cos you ca n't shut up , like . |
| 24 | Panic was the feeling Alice had when , after several tries , she gave up attempting the Beethoven . |
| 25 | She ended up calling the brigade and a friendly fireman eased out an inner window and removed the table top . |
| 26 | But in order to have the kitchen she wanted , she ended up redesigning the ground floor . |
| 27 | We looked up to see the tree limbs rippling with leather and fur . |
| 28 | We looked up to see the safety diver frantically untangling himself from suddenly treacherous lines before being bumped by this moving mountain . |
| 29 | So we ended up staying the night at a hotel , The Majestic , the big one right on the sea front As usual Malcolm feigned being borassic so she ended up shelling out for two rooms . |
| 30 | Even though we ended up winning the FA Cup I feel we never really got started last season . |