Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 on this anyway I , I finally , I did n't like it at all , but now I 'd done , I have me feather back I 'm alright I was like deaf when I got up every morning .
2 I put in me bag when I go up the school and I had the little microphone hanging out .
3 I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen .
4 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 !
5 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 .
6 But the pitch was wet when I picked up a swag against them at Bradford .
7 I was in a French class at school when I picked up a copy of the magazine , which had been lying on one of the tables .
8 When I picked up the ball I did n't see the crowd , just that basket . ’
9 At the agreed rate of 10¢ 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 .
10 Apply now for the protection of the Plan and we 'll send you a free First Aid Kit in a neat and practical case , when you take up the policy .
11 When you set up the form , you have immediately created your database .
12 It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right .
13 That 's right , yes , every time you answer the telephone for an external call , when you pick up the telephone , you are representing Oxford University Press , it does n't matter who you are , and it does n't matter where you are , it does n't matter whether you 're in Eynsham , in Walton Street , in Corby , anywhere .
14 When you pick up the phone , say ‘ Good morning afternoon ’ and announce the name of the company or department .
15 The best thing is — nothing can beat this — when you pick up the phone and tell them who you are , the repair man will always come round .
16 You 're on my territory when you pick up the phone .
17 You may also have to pay an extra charge if you take equipment back with more damage than when you took it out ( make sure any damage is recorded when you pick up the goods ) and if the equipment is so dirty that it requires cleaning .
18 And inevitably when you turn up a diary page you have between say one and twelve things already entered into the to do list .
19 In a conversation which she later recalled to friends Diana told him : ‘ You looked so sad when you walked up the aisle at the funeral .
20 Then you turned thirty , started to nod off at ten-thirty and had attacks of the Blue Spots when you ran up a flight of stairs .
21 And he said yes you can , but it would do you no good at all , cos if the point came when you split up the judge would n't look at your contract , he would only consider the rights of the child .
22 The same thing applies when you build up a story in words .
23 What happens when you open up the market twenty years down the line , you realize that these industries are dinosaurs , they 're using technology that 's thirty years out of date .
24 You will be able to tell whether you have had a tenant when you open up the box next spring , and you may be able to hear the occupant enjoying the garden if you listen out after dark .
25 They look mean , sleek and powerful … and when you open up the throttle they do n't half shift .
26 I said , ‘ What happens to the rubbish lying in the dock when you roll up the curtain ? ’
27 God , thought Madame , when she added up the night 's takings , one week I should write down who 's having who as well as who 's drinking what .
28 When she looked up the mountainside , as if searching for help there , I realized that she still had fear of me , little knowing the true state of affairs , and felt herself like an animal in a trap .
29 A WOMAN was stung by a scorpion when she picked up a bunch of bananas in a supermarket .
30 He was amused to observe that she forced herself to be a blank when she picked up the bowl of pus and blood .
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