Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] up with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lit a cigarette , whose first jab doubled me up with an unmufflable bark of outrage from my lungs . |
| 2 | I noticed that she was very modest in front of me , going through mild contortions putting on her undies beneath her dressing-gown , and once when it fell off , revealing her shabbily but quite decently clad in a mauve rayon slip , she snatched it up with a quick " Sorry dear " . |
| 3 | But their defence could do nothing as winger Sharpe burst down the left and opened them up with a devastating cross . |
| 4 | In the second half , Swindon were again on top whilst Maclaren fired them up with a free kick . |
| 5 | Now 26 , she spent many years after college hitchhiking around the world , drifting through the punk scene in San Francisco to demonstrations in Dallas , squats in Amsterdam and the women 's peace camp in Cosmo , Italy , before a British producer recognised her itinerant musical talent and signed her up with the bestselling Texas Campfire Tapes LP . |
| 6 | He plunged at Rex , who had nowhere to run , scooped him up with a single movement and held him good and high . |
| 7 | But unlike many well-meaning friends , he followed it up with a practical alternative : ‘ Tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer , and the peace of God , which transcends human understanding , will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 8 | Then I rang her up with a real ‘ he said , I said ’ story , an embroilment with a friend which had worried me . |
| 9 | Shelley cleaned the wound very thoroughly and bound it up with a clean dressing . |
| 10 | She brushed past Penry , eluding the hand he put out to detain her as she ran outside to the car , deaf to his entreaties as she jumped in the car and started it up with a violent rev of the engine . |
| 11 | and cleaned me up with a large whitewash brush . |
| 12 | Finally , my old friend Alistair Sampson set me up with a cheerful office over his shop in the Brompton Road , where I am gathering stock and beginning life again . |
| 13 | Anne was jolted , but Jeane Russell held her up with a painful grip . |
| 14 | But Magilton wrapped it up with a fierce free-kick . |
| 15 | Lee Sharpe 's fourth goal in three games opened the way after seven minutes , Cantona rapped in a 45th minute penalty and Steve Bruce wrapped it up with an 88th minute header . |