Example sentences of "[pers pn] up and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew |
| 2 | If somebody calls you up and says something 's not working , always ask , well what did you change recently , and ninety five percent of the time , it 's that that 's the cause of the problems . |
| 3 | I mean if somebody rings you up and says How much will it cost ? if it 's er a sort of full removal you 're doing , you say Well are you packing or are n't you ? |
| 4 | And that should inform your thinking when somebody rings you up and says , ‘ My editor tells me that this happened . |
| 5 | He would pick you up and squeeze you dry and discard you when you began to bore him . |
| 6 | All your licensed premises on your area had to be checked at least once a week ( in uniform ) and the sergeant would pick you up and take you visiting these various posts , and I used to take a glass of beer . |
| 7 | ‘ Meanwhile , why do n't I pick you up and take you out to dinner one evening ? ’ |
| 8 | you know if you 're in this area or that area we 'll pick you up and take you home and the phone just does n't stop ringing |
| 9 | not taking her tablets when you 're feeling better we 'll come up and pick you up and take you out . |
| 10 | To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't expect to find you up and dressed … ’ |
| 12 | She says a massage will help loosen you up and get the blood flowing normally and warm up those aching muscles . |
| 13 | Then we 'll begin with some limbering-up exercises , to loosen you up and get you accustomed to the skis . |
| 14 | The shielding protects you — though you still need to do some fancy flying to stay stable within the radioactive thermals — then as the cloud dissipates you cut out and down , across the mountains — they look tiny ! — swoop across the closed valley , loose the missile when the base 's defence radar picks you up and use the last of your fuel to escape over the far side while the missile takes out the base . |
| 15 | I thought I 'd ring you up and tell you . |
| 16 | He 'd eat you up and spit you out . ’ |
| 17 | If they suss out that you 're a fanatical prospector they 'll have a great time winding you up and sending you off on a series of wild goose chases . |
| 18 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 19 | ‘ And I can imagine , ’ I said , seeing resignation more than indignation now in her face , ‘ that Bambi Lorrimore took no notice , that Mercer hurried to help you up and apologize , and Mrs Young enquired if you were hurt . ’ |
| 20 | Never mind the boring breakbeat rubbish going around , this is the real story , which trips you up and hoses you down in a shower of sparkling special effects . |
| 21 | Oh I see so it is a case of open you up and putting , inserting these staples must be |
| 22 | Okay , suppose Come Up And See Me goes in the charts and they ring you up and say , ‘ Steve , how do you fancy going on Top Of The Pops ? ’ |
| 23 | Yes erm , we 've actually linked with a firm of independent mortgage brokers erm so rather than being tied to a particular building society as most estate agents are erm what they will do is they 'll shop around and tell you which lenders are offering the best terms and particularly good schemes at any one time erm , it 's literally free information they simply phone you up and say get some idea of what your salary is and what your requirements are and then they 'll send through some information for you . |
| 24 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm trying to control a wild urge to pick you up and carry you to my bedroom . ’ |
| 26 | That 's alright , if you tread on my feet I 'll just pick you up and carry you then . |
| 27 | Yeah yeah and she 'd phone you up and see how you answered it and that sort of thing . |
| 28 | pick you up and meet you one evening . |
| 29 | I picked up a bag and jokingly said , ‘ If you do n't go we 'll bag you up and send you to Hull ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Difficult ’ seemed to mean that your pimp had beaten you up and thrown you out , and you had no money for a fix and could n't stand up until you 'd had one . |