Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 've packed up a bundle of bedding — towels — things like that for you to use in the meantime . ’ |
| 2 | He smiles : ‘ I 've grown up a lot and I 'm now enjoying important fights that used to fill me with nerves . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 5 | ‘ When I 've made up a lie I can believe in , ’ came the reply . |
| 6 | d' ya know it 's funny , on a Wednesday when I go , when they 've gone home and I 've tidied up a bit |
| 7 | ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind . |
| 8 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 9 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
| 10 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 11 | ‘ And now you 've built up an appetite for sampling some of the fish which may have been brought ashore here ? ’ |
| 12 | When you 've saved up a card , I do n't know how many there are in it you got a pound worth of gifts at |
| 13 | No well er I , I expect you 've caught up a bit now have n't you ? |
| 14 | You 've picked up a book — you might even have bought it — that you thought was about cancer , but all you 're getting is an incoherent autobiography about an unknown . |
| 15 | Er we 've run up a cost of two hundred and fifty quid getting . |
| 16 | And er over the years we 've built up a reputation I know is is a genuine one say that because I know that you 're going to appreciate this course and I use the term very very particularly you will enjoy it . |
| 17 | Since then , in the last seven years , we 've built up a market of 50,000 tonnes of it at good prices , under the name ‘ Andricite ’ — from anhydride and JCI . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We 've set up a sub-group on child protection and invited schools to further training and seminars . |
| 19 | Because we 've set up a deal with that school |
| 20 | What we 've done , is we 've set up an answer phone to pick up these calls after 13 seconds , after 13 rings sorry , about 30 seconds , which is quite a long time . |
| 21 | We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right . |
| 22 | We 've cleaned up a lot of parts of our city . |
| 23 | ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel . |
| 24 | WE 'VE lined up a host of money-saving offers to give you and the kids a day you 'll never forget . |
| 25 | We 've lined up a host of money-saving family days out at Britain 's fabulous theme parks — and you can cash in . |
| 26 | You see , we 've picked up a thief who had a cape he admits to stealing . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've picked up a distress signal . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's the branch where the kingfisher alights , ’ pointed out our voluntary warden , ‘ and yonder , we 've put up a nesting box . |
| 29 | Erm , as I mentioned with the group visitors we 've started up a branch action group fo specifically focused on the sort of branch issues . |
| 30 | They 've dug up a lot of human bones at my old uncle 's house … ‘ |