Example sentences of "i [verb] up the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle .
2 I raced up the Stuart Highway at 180 kph ; there were few travellers and the only signs of wildlife were the customary dead kangaroos .
3 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 .
4 I hung up the plastic sheet I had left soaking , rolled away those that had dried , scrubbed dried plaster from the table with the special remover , and wondered wearily how much longer it would be before the scent of wet plaster stopped reminding me of Marcus .
5 I pulled up the gluey flap .
6 I glued up the cat flap .
7 I rang up the ticket office but just got a recorded message .
8 I looked up the phone directory and , sure enough , there was a P.Lawn , ( luckily not a common name ! ) , from which we surmised , correctly , that Ken had died but Pat was still there .
9 I the car I had before I gave up the company car was a Mercedes Sports S L
10 At the agreed rate of 10ยข per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job .
11 Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head .
12 I picked up the Evening News from one of the street sellers and looked through its entertainment pages .
13 Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off .
14 I picked up the carrier bag where the postmistress had packed my groceries .
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