Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That occurred although it took up a large slice of their already-depleted income , and they also ran the risk of getting lung cancer and other smoking related diseases , and placed the health of their children in jeopardy . |
| 2 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 3 | It exploded after he picked up the device which had fallen from underneath a car outside a house on the Antrim Road . |
| 4 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
| 5 | And he said yes you can , but it would do you no good at all , cos if the point came when you split up the judge would n't look at your contract , he would only consider the rights of the child . |
| 6 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 7 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 8 | He grinned when he picked up the phone to check the dialling tone . |
| 9 | she heard when she picked up the phone . |
| 10 | ‘ George Vicente Brown goin' be one dead son of a beetch , ’ Miguelito swore as he struggled up the bank . |
| 11 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 12 | I thought if you hold up a box of Roses chocolates , grin at it and say , ‘ Mmm … great chocolates ! ’ everybody quite correctly will despise you . |
| 13 | But her emotions had burnt themselves out , and all she felt as she picked up the cards and carried them through to the kitchen was a dull emptiness , as if the pain she was n't feeling had left a gap . |
| 14 | Sophie laughed as she picked up the instrument , then , after listening for a minute , she said , ‘ Oh , yes . |
| 15 | Whatever else was wrong with him he was at least honest , Carrie thought as she ran up the town . |
| 16 | Newman enquired as he picked up a cup . |
| 17 | I the car I had before I gave up the company car was a Mercedes Sports S L |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't forget we 're going to Appleby tomorrow , ’ Elinor said as we tidied up the kitchen . |
| 19 | ‘ We 'll wander back , ’ he said as he picked up the blanket and baskets , ‘ expect we 'll meet 'em coming back . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I needed a break from routine rather badly , ’ he said as he drew up a chair and sat down . |
| 21 | And he waited as she picked up the receiver . |
| 22 | She waited as he pointed up the quay , bursting to ask how he knew about the Quakers , let alone where they met . |
| 23 | And I said when I walked up the other day |
| 24 | I asked as I stirred up the tea-bags . |