Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly I got up and drew some long breaths . |
| 2 | eventually I went up and I tried to get him to go down to sleep again , and he was shutting his eyes and on his dummy , but he was |
| 3 | Eventually I gave up hope of ever seeing my Mom again , and stealing a penny from beneath a milk bottle , bought a platform ticket and stowed away in the goods wagon of a train bound — I thought — for Sheffield and my beloved Grandfather . |
| 4 | Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid . |
| 5 | Eventually I threw up into a litter bin attached to a crowded bus shelter on St George 's Road . |
| 6 | Eventually I ended up in the Sealink arrival lounge . |
| 7 | ‘ Would you rather I turned up in my paint-stained jeans and smelling of turpentine ? ’ |
| 8 | about ten past one , well I had indigestion all night and I could feel it , and we 'd had our tea and I thought oh I do n't know , but I went to bed feeling alright and suddenly I woke up I thought oh my god I 'm gon na be sick , I come running down stairs , but you know I was , I was sick but I know I had n't finished and I 'd sat down and I was sick three times . |
| 9 | Suddenly I got up and went downstairs . |
| 10 | Suddenly someone opened up with a machine gun at us . |
| 11 | But luckily enough I got up and walked round the back and I could just see the lights on in the living room downstairs . |
| 12 | Only I came up before you know , when |
| 13 | Or perhaps I took up my Arabic textbook . |
| 14 | ‘ So I eased up … and perhaps I eased up too much . ’ |
| 15 | And so I came up with the following idea , which works extremely well for me . |
| 16 | So I went up and there was a bloke standing in the middle of the toilets , by the basin , tossing himself off , and I said , ‘ What do you think you 're doing ? ’ |
| 17 | There was no one around so I went up and put my nose practically against the glass . |
| 18 | So I went up into a tree and I stayed there all night . |
| 19 | So I went up to the bar , back to the party , and still could n't find her . ’ |
| 20 | And er they were still whistling and calling , so I went up on to the top of the bank and they it was this plantation that fell down in the warren and caught fire . |
| 21 | so I went up to Streatham and did voluntary work in the maternity home |
| 22 | So I went up to the general manager Mr and he he sa told me certainly I can go . |
| 23 | You know cos the woman I was with wanted to go for a swim and I said no you ca n't this guy , so I went up to him , I said what , what on earth are you fishing for ? |
| 24 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 25 | So I kept up the act , I opened the door and said his name in a quiet voice and hobbled weakly across the cellar and up the steps . |
| 26 | And he kept shouting out , feed me , feed me , so I woke up at one o'clock in the morning . |
| 27 | well it got just eased of a little bit and I thought oh well I 'd make it , so I hopped up to get me erm pension erm and I just got down here when it started again and I came around the front from there and I came around the front I was soaking |
| 28 | So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " . |
| 29 | So I made up my stories . |
| 30 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |