Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If they thought it was that bad they would of picked it up on the M O T would n't they ?
2 This deed somehow necessitated a second manoeuvre , that of picking myself up off the floor .
3 A short bout of exercise has a further role , namely of waking you up in the morning as it turns on the alerting mechanisms of the body .
4 I pulled the short straw and could not drink as I had the job of getting everyone up in the morning and doing the first two hours driving .
5 There was also a Corporal of the week — Vigno — and his duties included the more mundane tasks of getting us up in the mornings and making sure that the rooms were kept clean .
6 There 's no danger of mixing you up with the mystery man from Pepe 's . ’
7 ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way .
8 If there is anything capable of lifting you up to the gates of heaven , then that is it .
9 All the same , she realised she had to earn a living to support herself and Matt , and hit upon the idea of setting herself up as a hairdresser .
10 Erm which is points up a weakness there on the public relations side there I mean going back to their post share repurchase they said that they 'd got no new products in the pipeline , no research and development really sort of throwing anything up in the near future .
11 and and the photographer 's just sort of chopped it up along the along the
12 ‘ Your work is still creating interest , and the women of the Fabian Society are talking of following it up with a scientific examination of the social and economic condition of the women in the poorer parts of London , carrying on where Booth in his great survey of poverty left off . ’
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