Example sentences of "[verb] me [vb infin] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to see me grow up , it was as simple as that , but it 's those simple things that are sometimes the hardest to accept . ’ |
| 2 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |
| 3 | ‘ My father would make me stand up straight and sing the national anthem four times . |
| 4 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |
| 5 | It 's got ta make me jump up and down and make me want to knock walls down to secure a deal . ’ |
| 6 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 7 | David 's been helping me set up the I 've , I 've just bought myself a three eight six . |
| 8 | Moustaine made me stand up and slapped me across the eyes with his leather gloves . |
| 9 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 10 | ‘ He made me dress up in clothes like my mother 's . |
| 11 | The thought of her tits pressed up against my face nearly made me throw up , and I had-to disappoint him . |
| 12 | ‘ My parents ' break-up made me grow up very quickly which really helps quite a lot in my profession , ’ he says . |
| 13 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 14 | For several seconds I do n't know what made me wake up . |
| 15 | ‘ The Ukrainian Peel sessions actually made me sit up and take notice . |
| 16 | That made me sit up . |
| 17 | My mother made me take up tap dancing , because I 'd got sparrow legs . |
| 18 | A sound from overhead made me look up . |
| 19 | I 'd been looking down all the time we were talking , but he made me look up then , and our eyes met and I know something passed between us . |
| 20 | He let me go up and made me sit on the divan and he put on some music and turned out the lights and the moon came through the window . |
| 21 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 22 | ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh . |
| 23 | In return for free accommodation and a lot of my attention , they helped me get up and go to bed . |
| 24 | I 've become more open , and I think in away it has made me grow up . |
| 25 | I think it 's made me grow up . |
| 26 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 27 | Half the racing world had seen me pick up Nolan and knew I could defend myself . |
| 28 | Let me open up that one . |
| 29 | Laura , you let me throw up all over the alley , all over Bill 's cab . |
| 30 | Let me sit up and watch over Mr Hopkins while you have a rest . |