Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I kept up the act , I opened the door and said his name in a quiet voice and hobbled weakly across the cellar and up the steps . |
| 2 | So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " . |
| 3 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |
| 4 | So I pedalled up the Via San Pietro . |
| 5 | so I rang up the place and said I would like to go are you having another ? |
| 6 | So I phoned up the Stanstead P R O the next morning and said ‘ confirm that the Queen is coming to open the airport ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , we do n't know , we have n't a clue who 's coming to open the airport , yet . |
| 7 | So I gave up the production of all but ‘ Leicester Square to Broadway ’ and began to wonder if I would not be happier producing shows for the BBC in London or in another country — perhaps China . |
| 8 | So I wrapped up the conversation as rudely as someone on Newsnight trying to silence a politician , just as he dealt me a social body blow . |
| 9 | So I picked up the thing with an empty bottle and put it in the , on the kitchen . |
| 10 | I I have n't contacted only from what who er Granville said so I picked up the communion the straight away and then I could n't and she 's coming on the or that Sunday the first |
| 11 | Somehow I sat up a bit . |
| 12 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 13 | After giving your letter to my ‘ bonne ’ yesterday I gave up the fight and retired in good order to bed , where I am still . |
| 14 | Later I picked up a station from Orlando , WINS — I listened to a maudlin piece about the poor families of soldiers and pilots . |
| 15 | If by one careless word now I backed up the rumours Aline was bound to be spreading at night , by tomorrow morning Tom Lofthouse , a chatty lad , would have it all round the Doctors ' House . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Fortunately I brought up the poison ; but I still carry the effects of it . |
| 20 | Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle . |
| 21 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 22 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 23 | Then I plucked up the courage to start moving around on my own and began walking down a path when the gentleman in grey asked people to stand aside , and I stepped well back . |
| 24 | I took all of them , then I phoned up a couple of people I knew . |
| 25 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
| 26 | Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 29 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 30 | Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off . |