Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm tidying up the last ten years by releasing two compilation albums , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Every day I do n't manage to catch the same bus home as you do , I 'm fed up the whole evening . |
| 3 | . I 'm going up the fair on er Saturday . |
| 4 | ‘ When I was setting up the Fine Chemicals Manufacturing Organization [ FCMO ] in the early '80s , there was no doubt quality was the main way to compete more effectivey and raise performance . |
| 5 | I was an East End boy myself ; I was brought up the hard way . |
| 6 | Suddenly I was climbing up the long ladder of the North pier , the rucksack being roped afterwards . |
| 7 | Her hand was loosening his tie , his was sliding up the tingling curve of her thigh . |
| 8 | Horse it up well and proper when you 're gathering up the damned folk . |
| 9 | Come on , now , quickly , you 're holding up the whole party . ’ |
| 10 | You do n't , you got ta , you got ta past there and say go past there and say you 're going up the next time |
| 11 | ‘ You 're barking up the wrong tree about the other address , ’ he bluffed . |
| 12 | You 're barking up the wrong tree . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're barking up the wrong tree . |
| 14 | A Morrissey fan said : ‘ By sending the original tickets you 're giving up the only proof you ever had of having bought them , which means they can just ignore you . |
| 15 | He looked unbelieving and said , ‘ But surely you remember when we were going down the eighth , you were coming up the ninth , and I waved and your wife waved back , and then you waved . ’ |
| 16 | In protest , she 's leaving up the wooden boards across the window . |
| 17 | His wife is going round the bend , thinking he 's under suspicion , but I 'm sure she 's barking up the wrong tree . |
| 18 | She was coming up the central passage between the rows of tables . |
| 19 | This time we were to follow up the three months with a twelve-week season at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven , Connecticut . |
| 20 | They are screwing up the whole economy , not just housing . |
| 21 | If they think forcing strange food down children 's throats will enhance good race relations , then they are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 22 | You know they 're putting up the electric lines |
| 23 | In a moment the two of them were running up the wide curved stairs . |
| 24 | Fairbrother 's doing , you know , he 's holding up the other |
| 25 | For the time being , he 's nailed up the back door , just in case anyone feels like trying again . |
| 26 | As he was scrambling up the steepest bit , pulling himself up by the bracken , he heard something . |
| 27 | He stroked firmly , looked over his right shoulder , stroked some more , looked over his left , then he was reversing up the stomach-churning Pipeline elevator . |
| 28 | He was ripping up the ruined linoleum . |
| 29 | He was wiring up the main hatch above the hold , in such a way that showed he was certainly not an electrician by trade , with the intention of giving a mild electric shock to anyone who might try to get into it . |
| 30 | He was shovelling up the broken glass on to a piece of cardboard . |