Example sentences of "i had [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had fired up the cooker the cat rod that had caused me all the grief earlier was off again . |
| 2 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 3 | I wish I had summoned up the nerve to smile back . |
| 4 | ‘ He was livid , as though I had stirred up the printers against him and come to say ‘ I told you so ’ once they 'd walked out . ’ |
| 5 | I had looked up the directions for the Pan-Am Highway at the hotel . |
| 6 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |
| 7 | Somehow I had picked up the idea that putting the patient in a tub of hot water sometimes had the desired effect . |
| 8 | I had to catch up the axe and hit him with the blunt end , knock him out . |
| 9 | I had to knock up the girl in the Post Office to find out where you lived and — here I am . |