Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd better try to tidy my desk up a bit . ’
2 Yeah but what I 'm saying is that 's my week up the spout like , in n it ?
3 I appreciate I should n't be spending my time up a ladder ,
4 cut his card up a bit more .
5 What fans did n't see was special effects boss Derek Meddings on the floor with his hand up her dress to keep it from ruffling up and his assistant up a ladder holding the tension on a piece of fish wire while the zip was being pulled down .
6 I 'm sure you do n't want to hear about Mark 's cousin getting done for selling crack mixed with concrete , or the Forest Of Dean whizzkid who tried to get the band 's mate to give them heroin so they 'd all become addicted so he could make a profit out of them , or Zac sticking his finger up a chicken 's arse , do you ?
7 What go up a ladder ?
8 If you 'd made your mind up a bit earlier instead of farting about .
9 ‘ You canny shove your granny up a bus ! ’
10 So one person will do the bandage on the elbow and the other person with the good looking knees , you 'll be the casualty for where you 've got to put the knee bandage on , cos you wo n't , if you do n't roll your trousers up a bit you 're not going to have much bandage to do much bandaging with on the knee , okay , so decide amongst yourselves who 's got the good looking knee
11 Have you tidied your room up a bit ?
12 Before , you might be able to say , if you have n't got the right results , you can get away with padding out your lab report and writing a lot of background , so that would bung your mark up a bit , but this year , you can do that and you still end up with a bad mark if you 've got bad results .
13 ‘ Not really , but you might do up your top button and shove your tie up a bit — my mother 's watching this . ’
14 We were making our way up a trackway towards the main gate of the manor when suddenly an old hag slipped out of the trees on one side of the path and stood squarely in front of Mandeville .
15 We disembarked and made our way up a gravel path , through the gatehouse and into the guest room .
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