Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] up [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I rarely lined up anything with him .
2 Then she suddenly made up her mind .
3 well you know what he did , on Monday morning he was in the garage when he suddenly made up his mind to com to walk across to the paper shop to get a paper and he had n't got er a jacket or any thing on , all he got on was a pull over
4 Shall we who timidly built up our seclusion
5 Jerome crept to the foot of the steps , and there halted , baulked , rather , like a startled horse , drew hard breath and assayed to mount , and then suddenly threw up his arms to cover his face , fell on his knees with a lamentable , choking cry , and bowed himself against the stone of the steps .
6 They basically carved up our surplus between them and each supported the other and overriding all of that is that each and every one of them was an active member of the scheme .
7 Although he only took up his duties in mid July , he has already attended several branch meetings and has supported branch representation at a number of summer events .
8 Right so this this you made here when you you suddenly went up one instead of going up by two , so check the scale now .
9 Aston Forbes has got the staff so riled up they 've walked out ! ’
10 Charles was not going to offer a cue for another derogatory observation , so he only picked up his glass and finished his drink .
11 and erm there was no final erm sort of er judgment to be had so erm then we had to call meetings of this little Sub Committee who finally made up their minds and I remember typing reports , quite long reports , about erm Rhode Island Reds er crossed with Light Sussex and Light Sussex crossed with er Brown and erm I , I knew precious little about poultry at that time .
12 ‘ I finally made up my mind when you named the boy after me , ’ said Hilbert .
13 Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart .
14 One day when Modi finally turned up he was penniless , unable to account for his lost weekend , hungry and dirty .
15 When the autumn came , and I finally packed up my car and made ready to leave Cliff Top , she came over unexpectedly emotional .
16 Oh well it just packed up you know no eggs and that was that .
17 And we just went up you know just the two of us asks is there anything we can do you know sort of was as simple as that really and it just er grew from that .
18 ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face .
19 Among those who generously gave up their evening to help the NCH and perform on the tiny temporary stage were : Nerys Hughes , Angela Rippon , Susan Rees accompanied by May Parry ; Penelope Keith , Robert Powell , Tamsin Little , accompanied by Vanessa Latarche : Wayne Sleep who gave a perfect performance on a tiny stage ; he was accompanied by Mark Latimer ; young Xan Blacker , also accompanied by Vanessa Latarche , Cor Meibion Gwalia , and Shirley Anne Field .
20 He did n't change his clothes too often , and when he did he just picked up whatever was around him — Eva 's jumpers , Dad 's waistcoats , and always my shirts , which he borrowed and I never saw again .
21 They soon picked up her trail and from then on her private life was effectively over .
22 Some of the luggage was mislaid and after claims were placed at the lost luggage desk , it eventually turned up which meant a dash across the city out our ‘ 5-star accommodation ’ , the Vienna Marriott Hotel .
23 He had a weak head for liquor which always roused up his deep , if sentimental , religious feelings .
24 The water was shallow and hardly came up their knees .
25 BOXING : Manchester trainer and manager Phil Martin yesterday signed up his Champs Camp stable with promoter and manager Mickey Duff .
26 PANAMA 'S military government yesterday stepped up its verbal assault against enemies at home and abroad after putting down a coup led by some of the country 's most senior officers .
27 Micro Focus Plc yesterday stepped up its presence in the Unix market with launch of Micro Focus Transaction System , a distributed , client-server transaction processing system that runs under Unix , AIX OS/2 and Windows NT , which can act as servers for other copies of Transaction System and for CICS OS/2 , CICS/6000 and Transaction System thin clients .
28 IBM Corp yesterday stepped up its pitch for OEM business , most strikingly offering an enhanced version of the 9371 microprocssor-based Personal/370 Adapter/A co-processor , so that designers can build 370-compatibility into workstations via a co-processor.The company 's Entry Systems Technology — Personal Systems business unit is also offering some of IBM 's handwriting recognition products to third parties , including technology that recognises both script and block capitals ; and in addition to the currently available PenPoint version , ThinkWrite will be available this year in versions that run under OS/2 and Windows for Pen Computing .
29 Through her reins she felt the horse cock his jaw in the hope he could take hold completely , but having sat enough ‘ bolts ’ on both Buttons and Paintbox , Artemis was wise to this , and she quickly shortened up her reins and then relaxed them , confusing the horse quite deliberately .
30 She heard him mutter something which might have been a mild swear word as he studied the Dobermann 's handiwork , but , his examination over , she quickly pulled up her sock again , and just as quickly planted that foot alongside her other one .
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