Example sentences of "you [vb base] up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's at the top but the lift you pick up at the bottom now . |
| 2 | It is certainly not unreasonable to refuse to give up a bank note which you pick up in the street to the first stranger who alleges it to be his , if you tell him that you must make further inquiries or that he must produce evidence which will authenticate his claim . |
| 3 | ‘ And if you 're feeling tired , what about a dose or two of that tonic you make up for the patients ? ’ |
| 4 | Oh you oh you mean up on the board or |
| 5 | I cut mine with a special retractable knife , but do be careful how you cut , so that the knife does not slip towards you and you land up in the Accident Department . |
| 6 | You hook up with the people on the same trip and work it from there . ’ |
| 7 | It 's fairly important that as , when you walk up to the ball you 're body is in line with , where you want to be . |
| 8 | H. P. You put up with the discipline because of the unemployment . |
| 9 | So next time you catch up at the lights with the smug so and so who was stuck to your bumper a mile back , with all the understanding you can muster just remind him that : ‘ There , there dear , size is n't everything you know . ’ |
| 10 | Is n't this where you line up for the tram coming home from work ? ’ |
| 11 | Some questions to see how you match up to the job |
| 12 | After , after er you break up in the summer ? |
| 13 | ‘ All towns look the same nowadays until you look up at the buildings above and the scenery beyond , ’ he grunted . |
| 14 | If you look up to the university lecturer or down on the cleaner , either way you 're not facing up to the truth about us all . |
| 15 | When the night time comes up comes along you look up in the sky and say where 's the moon gone . |
| 16 | Spike : Another word for the smash , where you jump up by the net and whack the ball down with your hand . |
| 17 | You save up for the tokens to get what get y'know whatever it is you 're after . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I suggest you give up about the beginning of September . |
| 19 | After a few minutes , Mungo plucked up enough courage to ask : ‘ You know up at the lake ? |
| 20 | Dave these computer been you know up in the air for about six months and Dave said you 've got ta get it repaired he said , cos you know y he 's got ta print out on it and everything |
| 21 | You know up in the forest you sometimes see those things for beating out fires ? ’ |
| 22 | The list you draw up for the exercise might be completely different . |
| 23 | Herriot quite skilfully opens up with one or two of the more moving tales , and stitches it all back together again , quite painlessly , but when you wake up at the end , it is as if nothing had happened . ’ |
| 24 | No — I 've had it cut short before and I did n't like the way it feels when you wake up in the mornings — really weird . |
| 25 | If on any occasion you wake up in the night gasping for water , think back to the meal you had and recognise which recipes make you thirsty . |
| 26 | And it might be a good idea to keep a vacuum flask filled with a hot drink by your bedside in case you wake up in the night feeling cold . |
| 27 | As you wake up in the morning , you may hear yourself say , ‘ If you go back to sleep , you wo n't have time to have breakfast . |
| 28 | I 'll be gone by the time you wake up in the morning . |
| 29 | Got the old watering can and then you get down on this plant , and then when they get a gist of that first time that they go whooo , you wake up in the morning , you 've got co , conifers like Jack and The Beanstalk coming |
| 30 | And if you wake up in the morning and all the condensation |