Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wanted to take up the point that 's been raised again , and it keeps popping its its little head up from time to time , this issue of building rates . |
| 2 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |
| 3 | I had to show up again at Ingard House , and I also wanted to tidy up the loose ends of Miss Macdonald 's story of the dead man in the Thames . |
| 4 | I think I even intended to gather up the sleeping bundle in my arms and take it away from this dreadful precipice . |
| 5 | She gradually started to pick up the threads of her life . |
| 6 | She had earned a great deal of money from her swimming , which she then used to set up the Mercedes Gleitze Homes for Destitute Men and Women . |
| 7 | Some days , when we just wanted to soak up the sun , we took the free mini-bus down to Paguera 's lovely , sandy beach . |
| 8 | She switched on the wall light over the table rather than the bright central strip , hoping it would look coaler ; but it only seemed to bring up the shadows . |
| 9 | He even had to turn up the sleeves . |