Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd grappled up the slope on foot just before and knew how steep and icy its surface was and which of the bigger rocks had to be dodged because they would foul the car 's underside . |
| 2 | I did n't have to think — I was leaping downhill like a goddamned goat before I 'd summed up the situation : which was they intended to rob me . |
| 3 | Just as I had fired up the cooker the cat rod that had caused me all the grief earlier was off again . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | I wish I had summoned up the nerve to smile back . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I had looked up the directions for the Pan-Am Highway at the hotel . |
| 8 | Somehow I had picked up the idea that putting the patient in a tub of hot water sometimes had the desired effect . |
| 9 | I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 11 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've locked up the cottage and when I come back in a couple of days I shall sell up my sister 's belongings . |
| 13 | If I 've set up the play that leads to goals , that 's OK by me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've put up the money . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer . |
| 16 | She 's been monitoring my progress , since I 've taken up the job again , and she is far from pleased . |
| 17 | I have chopped up the Info in such a way as to make it Faxable on 2 sheets So I could do that too , at a pinch . |
| 18 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |