Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] up the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 2 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 3 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
| 4 | When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off . |
| 5 | He motioned Karlinsky forward and with a generous flourish directed him up the three steps on to the small platform in front of the Ark of the Law where a lectern had been placed . |
| 6 | Philip followed them up the open staircase and into the woman 's bedroom . |
| 7 | He began paddling at the age of 10 , got his first boat 3 years later , spent a week with PGL and followed it up the next year with a course at Raven 's Ait . |
| 8 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 9 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 10 | As an outsider , probably being the only Englishman in the quarries , you know I I think they were surprised , the fact that it was a local family , I think that 's what really rubbed them up the wrong way . |
| 11 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 12 | Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way . |
| 13 | Leonora escorted him up the massive oak staircase to his room at the back , wished him a good night 's sleep and walked slowly back along the landing . |
| 14 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |
| 15 | He wrapped her in a scarlet blanket , and carried her up the outside area steps . |
| 16 | Corbett bowed , withdrew , and spent the rest of the time kicking his heels in an antechamber before a servant imperiously summoned him up the great staircase and ushered him into a brilliantly decorated room . |
| 17 | He picked up my suitcase and carried it up the last flight , putting it down outside my door and turning to me . |