Example sentences of "i [verb] up [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 2 | When we stroll past the front of the van I peep up to check the reaction , and I guess that the two cops hunched inside see these two anxious faces glancing nervously , and they decide it is n't worth climbing out the van for , and I reckon that if I was them I too would lock the doors and stay inside . |
| 3 | So I finished up doing the lot . |
| 4 | No , I rang up to say the car should be out on Monday should I like to say Wednesday , no problem . |
| 5 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 6 | He became more active in the business again , and I grew up learning the ropes . ’ |
| 7 | Instead I warmed up retracing the predawn walk to Cross where I would collect the big rucksack and the last bus to Stornoway . |
| 8 | Er I come up to draw the President 's attention erm to a problem we have within the delegation and that is that when er Dick called the mover of resolution three eight one in the name of the Lancashire region John who was going to move the resolution was in fact sat in his seat within the delegation . |
| 9 | Early one morning , I ran up to find the horses had the same idea . |
| 10 | The first time I stood up to cross-examine the CEGB 's opening witness , Derek Davis — the man who had said in 1952 that there was ‘ no strong local opposition ’ to Hinkley C — I felt as though I was floundering in a mess of unthought-out quibbles . |
| 11 | There between my legs , the front wheels , and I ended up holding the handlebars and staring into this wee boy 's face a look of sheer fucking terror on his face , |
| 12 | Although the story of my doing Balthazar B and the Beastly Beatitudes is a bit strange inasmuch as I ended up playing the part that was completely opposite from the one I was originally intended to do . |
| 13 | I was getting that sick I ended up signing the papers and Stephen was adopted . |
| 14 | Want me to end up making the tea . |