Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] up a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So I just made up a face , drew it for them . |
| 2 | Erm tt I think , oh dear , I saw an advert in the paper I think to , to take out a savings plan or something and I just signed up a , a form and back it came . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought perhaps this year , if I just rustle up a few quiches , buy some French bread — ’ |
| 4 | Can I just pick up a a couple of points please . |
| 5 | What a diddy — and I just lit up a roll-up in a no-smoking carriage , but the woman opposite was kind enough to point this out to me , saving me further financial embarrassment and financial loss … now I know why tourists are regarded as idiots the world over , it 's because they are . |
| 6 | Instead , I just lit up a straight fag and shared it with her , Bogart style . |
| 7 | Well i it 's a lot to do with the , the how light it is , I always get up a lot more easily I think when it 's , it 's not dark . |
| 8 | When she does appear someone confidently strikes up a conversation about her new film , Othello , instead of Orlando . |
| 9 | I also set up a room for the program under review , so I can just click at the side of the screen and move to it . |
| 10 | Just to be on the safe side I also set up a stick float and a bleak whip but I was hoping I would n't need them — so much for being positive . |
| 11 | But you know , what an awful Scotch thick-head I am , and that I never give up a thing , before I do not see the absolute impossibility . ’ |
| 12 | To find out more about this I recently made up a small collection of questions on percentages . |
| 13 | I recently set up a new tank , and used a large piece of bogwood , for the benefit of my plecs . |
| 14 | I recently set up a tank specifically to try to breed the attractive little Peacock Goby , Tateurndina ocelicauda . |
| 15 | Q I recently set up a 48″ x 12″ x 18″ Mbuna community . |
| 16 | Q I recently set up a 36″ × 18″ × 15″ tropical community tank . |
| 17 | Abruptly she turned away from him and walked into the apartment 's lounge , not consciously knowing why she did so , but driven by a need to get away from this man and the harshness of his condemnation , which should n't matter to her , because he did n't matter , but which nevertheless called up a churning confusion of resentment and frustration , as well as a new , unnerving hurt . |
| 18 | RANGERS ' fourth successive championship seems assured after their 2–1 win over Dundee United at Tannadice , which also set up a Premier Division scoring record . |
| 19 | Headington Amateurs were good value for their two nil victory over Thame at Barton , which now sets up a quarter final tie at Witney . |
| 20 | As the JMU random visit programme goes into its second year we need to find better ways of isolating the representative results from those of the reactive , com-plaint-led , visits , and learn to interpret them statistically to build up a reliable picture of the auditing profession , its strengths and weaknesses . |
| 21 | This proved too much for Daniel Wilkinson , who nevertheless put up a sparkling display of shots and services . |
| 22 | The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue . |
| 23 | You do n't have to mix your colours , squeeze your tubes out , you just pick up a colour . |
| 24 | If you just pick up a sherd of pottery , okay , that really by itself ca n't tell you an awful lot . |
| 25 | ‘ So you just dreamt up a message ? |
| 26 | But she just gets up a bit quick . |
| 27 | She just made up a load of stories to cheer herself up . ’ |
| 28 | A lady friend of mine , working in an aircraft factory , tells me she once picked up a wage packet of £40 a week . |
| 29 | He was sitting among friends who promptly set up a chorus of ‘ hear , hear 's . |
| 30 | you might think you have it all planned but have you ever set up a studio before . |