Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I got to get up in the night and walk about and |
| 2 | Sometimes I got to get up in the night and walk about and |
| 3 | ‘ There are a few details I want to clear up with the other girls , ’ she told me . |
| 4 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |
| 5 | Having set the scene , it was about 2 years ago whilst I was being taken for a walk through the village by our springer dog , that I happened to meet up with the Church Warden who , after passing the time of day suddenly said ‘ Ah Bob , you do a bit of woodwork , do n't you ? |
| 6 | It is not simply a question of availability of space , but of a belief that , as one mother put it , ‘ I like to wake up in the night and see all my family around me . ’ |
| 7 | The afternoon er I like to get up in the morning I like to talk and sing be happy ! |
| 8 | I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing . |
| 9 | So I had to put up with the , I had a really shitty cycle and then , my run was , you know okay |
| 10 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 11 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 12 | I 've got catarrh , in fact I had to get up in the night and put some there |
| 13 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 14 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 15 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 16 | I wish to run up to the window of the Mercedes and shout at the general sitting there : Wake up , you fat bastard , ca n't you see how you look parading in this cemetery , like some overstuffed SS officer in Birkenau ? |
| 17 | I have to go up to the hospital twice a week to day assessment unit , where they are doing test on the baby just to monitor its progress and see if everything is going okay . |
| 18 | ‘ And if I have to pay up for the Mercedes at £1 a week for the rest of my life then that 's what I will do . ’ |
| 19 | I then become rather more hesitant , when I have to face up to the problems particularly of er , women looking after elderly parents , because the burden does seem to fall , as you would know , on the women . |
| 20 | It was that if I wanted to set up in the business of manufacturing coffins , he would have no objections . |
| 21 | I wanted to go up to the Feldwebel and shake his hand . |