Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] up [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've had them make up a bed for you .
2 But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’
3 And I back up the line I had to go .
4 Nathan and I bring up the rear , and soon we are alone , with Nathan buried beneath the nylon sledge cover .
5 I bring up the subject of music .
6 I bring up the others , cooling all the while , before we flounder over to the descent rake and back to the house .
7 ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’
8 A couple of grey and white winter-plumage black guillemots — called tysties in Shetland — complete the picture , and I wind up the window and move on .
9 I make up a bath of dye to treat the sarkandas before cutting the reed to the required lengths .
10 ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’
11 ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one .
12 I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen .
13 This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary .
14 I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet .
15 I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness .
16 It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike .
17 I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy .
18 I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen .
19 I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort .
20 Erm yeah , the the the axe to grind is is yes , I pick up the the the political stick here er , that was you know , that that , you know from the other the other end to you and yeah , yes I also think we 're being beaten with a with a with a stick here for three R's er , if we 're forced into the corner of having to use an ignorant white hall idiots er
21 I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home .
22 I pick up the bike and return it to the shed .
23 I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience .
24 In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket .
25 I pick up the gun and pocket it .
26 I pick up the dangling greasy weight by the hooves soft as dogs ' pads
27 Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six .
28 I pick up the phone .
29 I pick up the receiver .
30 I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office .
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