Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up [v-ing] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I finished up doing the lot . |
| 2 | He became more active in the business again , and I grew up learning the ropes . ’ |
| 3 | She said , ‘ Every year I end up taking a pair of rubber gloves with me and looking after the children , and every year I end up coming home feeling exhausted . |
| 4 | Lynam lit the fuse by first questioning captain Lineker about the mood in the squad and then turning on Taylor , who now says : ‘ I end up having a go at the ‘ housewives ' choice ’ and it really was n't me . |
| 5 | Instead I warmed up retracing the predawn walk to Cross where I would collect the big rucksack and the last bus to Stornoway . |
| 6 | and I was very moved by the photograph and I ended up writing a poem to this little girl , and indeed one thing I can say , perhaps with some pride , is that Doctor Barnardos know about this poem , and somehow who was writing a history Barnardo children actually asked to use it in her book . |
| 7 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 8 | 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 , |
| 9 | I ended up having a fight with him , he broke my arm and I got hit on the head . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I ended up giving a sample of blood , which has been tissue typed and partially matched to someone in need of a transplant . |
| 12 | I was getting that sick I ended up signing the papers and Stephen was adopted . |
| 13 | It 's not unlike language , if you grow up speaking a language , it 's easy |
| 14 | She curled up facing the wall and shut her eyes . |
| 15 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
| 16 | We do n't always write on them ; sometimes you find that if somebody tells you to write a poem about windows you end up writing a poem about aeroplanes or whatever , and I actually like being told to do something from the outside because you 'll discover almost immediately whether that 's really something you want to write about or not . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You 're standing up , I mean that 's not good for you standing up eating a meal you know . |
| 19 | Panic was the feeling Alice had when , after several tries , she gave up attempting the Beethoven . |
| 20 | She ended up calling the brigade and a friendly fireman eased out an inner window and removed the table top . |
| 21 | But in order to have the kitchen she wanted , she ended up redesigning the ground floor . |
| 22 | She ended up pushing a wheelbarrow and cleaning the streets and finally poisoned herself . ’ |
| 23 | After being endlessly reassured that , ‘ it 's not the tractor , it 's how long he stays out that field ploughing , ’ we give up craving a member that could be mistaken for the Eiffel Tower . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ We ended up producing a paint customised for the job , ’ said , sales manager for defence and industrial coatings . |
| 26 | Even though we ended up winning the FA Cup I feel we never really got started last season . |
| 27 | In California there was no competition , in Maryland there was no competition , every place that G Tec operates , they go in , they hire the highest price talent , they hire the most politically connected talent and they end up getting the contract . |
| 28 | The mixes are OK , but the whole thing about the Ultras is that their tracks are structured more in the song mode than club fashion , so they end up losing a bit of weight along the way . |
| 29 | Consensus politics is the game of the mealy-mouthed who are so busy having ‘ dialogue ’ with everything that moves that they end up talking a language only they understand , an ecclesiastical esperanto which is alien to the outsider . |
| 30 | Do they end up working the way we 've got to bloody work here on this tiny pension or the pension that they 've earned as an MP |