Example sentences of "i [verb] up the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used up the film in my two cameras before following Mick inside . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 3 | ‘ I bound up the wheat in little bunches . |
| 4 | The guns a short distance away along the river bank were shelling the German positions as I started up the bagpipes in a fairly secluded thicket , the sound of the drones and the pipe reed easily drowning the noise of the guns . |
| 5 | I crushed up the cockroach in my clothes and practically ripped my blouse off , there in open sunlight . |
| 6 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
| 7 | I believe I picked up the tape-recorder in much the same spirit — because I felt that whatever we did here ought to have a rather spontaneous feel to it , and yet at the same time be noticeably hard-wearing . |