Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb base] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I finally hang up the fedora and donate the trusty Smithsonian to the Smith and Wesson Institute , I 'm gon na have a whole floor-covering of codlings . |
| 2 | Sometimes I still pick up the guitar for ideas , but I find that I end up finishing them on piano . ’ |
| 3 | I have a wide vocabulary , which I am continually expanding , so I often look up the meaning of words to use |
| 4 | No , I never pick up the phone , they do that , pick up one phone and speak for a minute , while that ones ringing they say hold on a minute , and pick up the other one . |
| 5 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 6 | ‘ With friends , you do n't introduce yourself , there 's no need to ring and say ‘ It 's Tessa here ’ , you just pick up the phone and wail : ‘ I threw up last night , ’ or ‘ I ca n't stand it , he has n't called . ’ |
| 7 | say if it was yourself and father who both were n't well , he would , if you just pick up the phone and say , I 'm running short can I have a b b and he , he brings it round , like you know , j j |
| 8 | You can find this setting by trial and error by getting someone to speak steadily into the microphone while you gradually bring up the mixer level from zero to the point at which the volume , as monitored on headphones , ceases to rise . |
| 9 | Battery lamps can be purchased for night use ( from angling or camping shops ) with elastic to tie around your forehead , to keep both hands free when you rapidly haul up the net . |
| 10 | ‘ We either dig up the countryside to meet growing aggregates consumption on roads , buildings and other major civil engineering projects , or take a decisive step towards a more sustainable society ’ . |
| 11 | three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out . |
| 12 | They quickly use up the yolk sac and Liquifry should be provided from the moment of hatching so that food is available when required . |
| 13 | Just as they clean up all the trash and litter , they also clean up the earth and the sky , transmogrifying cars , turning tools , parts , weapons , bolts into carbon and iron . |