Example sentences of "i [verb] up the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | could n't tell you but er these cars turned up erm , there were n't no hearse and off they went and er course when I went up the garden to get some washing in Claire came up and er anyway she said er about Mr and I said well I assume it was him , I saw Mrs and she starts on about this dog barking out in the garden again ! |
| 2 | Until I plucked up the courage to go out by myself . |
| 3 | I plucked up the courage to talk to her , and felt this urgent need to tell her that she would eventually kill herself . |
| 4 | When I plucked up the courage to ask my mother about it she just burst into tears and I could not bring myself to question her again . |
| 5 | Then I plucked up the courage to start moving around on my own and began walking down a path when the gentleman in grey asked people to stand aside , and I stepped well back . |
| 6 | Wondering if my worm had been chewed again , I picked up the rod to reel in and was delighted to find another roach on the end . |
| 7 | David , of Newmarket , Suffolk , said : ‘ I careered up the kerb to avoid the car and went straight through Dennis 's shop front . |