Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 2 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 3 | The lump is not ready to answer , so I turn up the pressure : ‘ He ai n't gon na say nothing . |
| 4 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 5 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 6 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 7 | Then I remembered the location of a luxurious caravan a relative has near Perpignan , so I looked up the guide , and found that there are a number of crags nearby — even better . |
| 8 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 9 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 11 | Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there . |
| 12 | And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault . |
| 13 | Will these people notice if I turn up the sound ? ’ |
| 14 | You 'd kill me if I blew up the school ? |
| 15 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 16 | ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin . |
| 17 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 18 | Until I plucked up the courage to go out by myself . |
| 19 | He did n't move until I picked up the poker . |
| 20 | Yeah we did it last year cos I broke up the day before last year all of mine still at school that day . |
| 21 | Cos I picked up the Chester to Wrexham one instead of the Snowdonia one . |
| 22 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 23 | ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’ |
| 24 | My date gets out of the car to go buy popcorn while I fix up the speaker . |
| 25 | ‘ So tell me about the twins , ’ I said , not because I was interested , but because I wanted the senator to talk while I dreamed up a strategy to turn down his request . |
| 26 | After going a couple of hundred yards over open ground , the road entered very thick forest , and here I made the men walk in front while I brought up the rear . |
| 27 | To allow time to sort myself out we decided to sack this fish in the deep margin under some cover while I set up the camera equipment and finished a somewhat cold coffee . |
| 28 | ‘ Now then — you can start to dry yourself with that towel , while I heat up the tongs . ’ |
| 29 | in his palm while I start up a flame . |
| 30 | Marie smokes a fag while I brush up the hair and stick it in the bin . |