Example sentences of "[adj] you [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're not careful you end up going for those long healthy walks you always said you hated . ’ |
| 2 | I was delighted you met up with over half term . |
| 3 | No matter how much you speed up the entry into London at some point in time you are going to have to create a jam . |
| 4 | Manager Howard Wilkinson admitted : ‘ You dare n't think about what it means — if you do that you end up thinking about what you might lose . |
| 5 | And if you do that you end up with a rhombus which is a squashed |
| 6 | The pay of David Kershaw , 30 , from Merseyside , a locally-hired computer programmer at Fujitsu is the same as that of Japanese colleagues — which he describes as average because , he says , ‘ the basic pay is so low you end up putting in lots of overtime to bring your income up to the level in England . ’ |
| 7 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 8 | ‘ Was n't it lucky you met up with them ? ’ |
| 9 | But you see you only want a , a , a ladder for the time being to make sure you get up I mean you can jump |
| 10 | Now , you must remember , in the link sheet make sure you back up whatever you 're getting here . |
| 11 | Out in the crisp , clear air , with a backdrop of mountains and a clear run ahead : wherever you choose in the world to ski — fashionable Switzerland , sexy , stylish Italy , star-struck Colorado — our run-down of high life destinations will make sure you end up in the right place . |
| 12 | erm as , as I 'm sure you picked up . |
| 13 | So if you are a smoker , it 's very important you give up , at least while you are pregnant , and preferably for good . |
| 14 | I mean obviously the the more you go up the scale the more competitive it becomes . |
| 15 | If anybody wants to comment on it , or any I think perhaps just confirm the calculation about being roughly one a day , that erm if you take the number of decisions that we made in the last twelve months , twenty one point eight percent of which were , erm , decisions to be put out by twenty six five , if we divide that by four , divide it by fifty two , and divide it by five you end up with point eight six per day , er |
| 16 | And each year you moved up whether you were good , bad or indifferent you moved up one class , you see . |
| 17 | But if you 're wise you fill up time with what |
| 18 | Bring Hector to me when next you come up . |
| 19 | Halfway through a d-i-y job , when you reach for a screwdriver , do you always seem to find the right tip and size on the last you pick up ? |