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

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1 ‘ I 've had them make up a bed for you .
2 Your midwife and doctor , though , see many pregnant women , so they need to use all their skills to help them build up a picture of your individual , unique pregnancy .
3 But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’
4 Jahangir 's irritation was with the refereeing which , he reckoned , had hindered him throughout the tournament and yesterday he said it ‘ made it hard for me to catch up a couple of points ’ .
5 The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ?
6 Then , as another kind of exorcism , I made up a list of :
7 So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " .
8 I make up a bath of dye to treat the sarkandas before cutting the reed to the required lengths .
9 ‘ 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 ? ’
10 ‘ 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 I build up a painting like that by covering the whole canvas with a kind of stain , then I get a cloth and rub the images out with a rag , block out the areas of light , then I add very thin layers of paint , then I glaze it and then paint into it .
14 I build up a painting like that by covering the whole canvas with a kind of stain , then I get a cloth and rub the images out with a rag , block out the areas of light , then I add very thin layers of paint , then I glaze it and then paint into it .
15 I caught up a bit during the '60s when I became the oldest teenager in town — in fact I was in my early thirties .
16 In one of the Belfast inner-city communities , I built up a strong personal relationship with a very poor family .
17 I hooked up a wriggling worm and ate it : it tasted alright , earthy and slightly gritty , but I would rather have had a proper meal .
18 I took all of them , then I phoned up a couple of people I knew .
19 It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates .
20 I drew up a form with these headings and time was calibrated in fifteen minute interval boxes which , by the use of a marking code , could also show five minute intervals .
21 I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me .
22 I woke up a couple of hours later .
23 I cut up a sack and I dip the little bits in Stinko .
24 Concentrating on maintaining a foothold on rocks worn smooth by winter torrents , I put up a startled grouse that exploded into flight .
25 ‘ I shall definitely think twice before I put up a sign like this again . ’
26 I 'm over 40 , so how can I firm up a sagging bustline ?
27 I walk up a flight of steps , carpeted with discarded copies of a give-away magazine called Ms London , into Waterloo railway station .
28 ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin .
29 ‘ Steve and I teamed up a while back .
30 Now I had the hang of it , I racked up a handful of top to bottoms with plenty of vertical .
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