Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up on " in BNC.

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1 In the supermarket recently , I crept up on the man in my life who was examining the label on a frozen gateau .
2 Material body , organism , behaviour , vibes , expression , self : I pick up on all of it .
3 I pick up on one idea at a time , and we try each of these as a group .
4 Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion .
5 When I checked up on his progress I was startled to find that he had not only planted up the four pots but his red wellington boots as well , liberally watering both them and himself and then garnishing with sprigs of a semi-dormant fuchsia as a finishing touch .
6 ‘ You 're angry with me because I checked up on your background ? ’
7 I checked up on you when I could . ’
8 I got up on a bench in the middle of the market and we were soon surrounded .
9 I got up on shaking limbs and took a deep breath .
10 I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway .
11 and I got up on Thursday morning and the little get had pissed off , went to Cadets and everything .
12 And I got up on the wall right ?
13 One morning I hopped up on the fence to have a good look around and there , sunning herself in the patio window of the empty house , was the most gorgeous long-hair I 'd ever seen .
14 I cracked up on Friday , ’ he says .
15 I catch up on video tapes of TV shows I 've missed and I read a lot .
16 Last Wednesday , before I woke up on Thursday .
17 He could n't get away when I did , so I came up on my own .
18 As a matter of fact , I came up on deck to get my first glimpse of the island .
19 I came up on the pools !
20 And it is , I put up on the screen there where the depots are so they know what they 're looking for , and I say , now what I want you to is tell me where the depots are .
21 And because I feel unhappy and insecure here I cover up on what I really think because I 'm scared to let it out and confront people .
22 Everyone was supportive when I dried up on my one and only line and we had to do it again .
23 ca n't you with all those trees up the top , I give up on it .
24 I give up on them .
25 I give up on them all .
26 I du n no , I 'm just , I give up on her anyway !
27 That 's when I threw up on the carpet .
28 I read up on everything I can about him .
29 ‘ Well , I climbed up on the roof through the window of the ladies ’ toilet , and hung a string of underwear from the Mackintosh Bird … for charity . ’
30 ‘ No , ’ he said with a grin , ‘ today I turned up on time . ’
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