Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " . |
| 2 | So I take up a book and try to read . |
| 3 | Erm and so they set up a team erm four or five teams within the city , er which included Radford , the Crabtree Meadows area , erm and Bestwood area |
| 4 | So he made up a bed in the front of the byre there , and he was sixteen year in it . |
| 5 | There 's aids and he 's chasing the bum and the bum 's running and the aids is going come on you little bastard and he 's going leave me alone and so he runs up a tree and there 's a bird there and he 's got all bones on him , he 's a s witch doctor and the bird goes , and the bird goes , what 's a matter ? |
| 6 | Somehow I sat up a bit . |
| 7 | Unconsciously she put up a hand to that fatal head of hair , and her fingers , coming into contact with the enveloping white cap , brought her a sobering thought . |
| 8 | Finally he picked up a handful of stones and every time he looked round and found her following , he threw one . |
| 9 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 10 | On the way hack they get past the enemy coast and usually they light up a cigarette " . |
| 11 | Gradually he builds up a collection of all sorts of different books and reads them secretly at night while his wife sleeps . |
| 12 | ‘ Is n't he the grand feller , chanting away , as if it was only yesterday he called up a spell or two ? ’ ) |
| 13 | Later I picked up a station from Orlando , WINS — I listened to a maudlin piece about the poor families of soldiers and pilots . |
| 14 | A year or two later he took up a consultancy somewhere in the Home Counties . |
| 15 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 16 | Now you hold up a minute , Muvver . ’ |
| 17 | Now he puts up an egg box . |
| 18 | Albert then in turn discovers Celie 's true self and slowly they build up a trust and confide in each other . |
| 19 | A few weeks ago I picked up a tray of plants from the greenhouse border and was delighted to see a baby toad sitting in a hallow in the soil . |
| 20 | Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ . |
| 21 | Then she yelled ‘ Beep ’ so loudly I ended up a yard away from our communal house phone which is nailed to the wall just inside the front door . |
| 22 | Here he built up a trade in seeds , corn , manure , and fertilizer , and started a malt kiln in Driffield and a brewery and kilns in Malton . |
| 23 | Eventually he built up a collection of bells which he played in time to the tunes he would play on his harmonium . |
| 24 | I took all of them , then I phoned up a couple of people I knew . |
| 25 | Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce . |
| 26 | Then I picked up a pebble and flung it out to sea ; it rose straight up into the air and landed on the ground a few yards behind me . |
| 27 | Then you set up a review section which reduces books about famine and war to a star rating for entertainment . |
| 28 | You should , you , you 're advised not to jog on tarmac because the surface is hard and jars and so if you do a lot of it can you see and if , particularly if your joints are not equal to it , then you set up a lot of trouble . |
| 29 | ‘ You do a row of liddle white lines , not too regular , then you back up a row of liddle grey lines next to ‘ em . |
| 30 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |