Example sentences of "i [vb base] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 2 | ‘ I square up onto a prepared board which for the larger paintings is medium density fibreboard , or MDF , half an inch thick which I have primed on both sides . |
| 3 | ‘ I get up at a quarter-to-five most mornings . |
| 4 | ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat . |
| 5 | I tackle up with a through-action carbon rod , 11ft long , a fixed-spool reel carrying 5lb b.s. line to which a size 2 hook is tied direct . |
| 6 | I end up with a flat battery about once a week even though the dynamo , heavy duty battery and voltage regulator have been replaced . |
| 7 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |