Example sentences of "them [verb] [pers pn] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He watched the engineer go , and then turned and let them take him up to the wall-walk , and down into the beleaguered city where , once , the Genoese had planned to keep him hostage while his company fought for Carlotta . |
| 2 | Maybe I 'd better wing out there right away and have them fix me up with a temporary . |
| 3 | It cost the poor milkman a fortune to get them to pay him up for the milk people said they did n't get , you know ! |
| 4 | The English House Condition survey , which the Department of the Environment published shortly before Christmas 1982 , showed a sharp increase in the number of homes now needing £7000 or more spent on them to bring them up to an acceptable standard . |
| 5 | He rose to his feet , wiped his hands on his jeans , then beckoned them to follow him up to the house . |