Example sentences of "you [vb base] [pers pn] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My brother is but an earl , and yet you expect us to give up a king in exchange . |
| 2 | ‘ You want me to pick up the tab . ’ |
| 3 | Phone if you want me to saddle up the mare and I 'll have her ready for you by the time you get down here . ’ |
| 4 | You want me to blow up a railroad station ? ’ |
| 5 | Now I filed my nail this morning cos it was catching , I did n't file it long enough obviously , but I filed it with that erm you know you opened up the |
| 6 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |