Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The counsellor said , ‘ You are describing Sarah in a very loving and respectful way — but you sound angry when you say that you expect me to pull you up for not describing her as a lover , too . |
| 2 | So I thought , ‘ Ah , I 'll just write it anyway , ’ so I made it up from beginning to end . |
| 3 | I rub myself up against him . |
| 4 | Suppose I bring it up on a tray in about half an hour . |
| 5 | I bring it up to date in a solemn |
| 6 | There 's a file of that , of course , but I make it up from my working diary , and nobody will know if I make some extracts from the diary . " |
| 7 | ‘ But when I pick her up from school I 'm not allowed to look around the other girls because I know her headmistress disapproves … ’ |
| 8 | He goes I pick it up in a bag and chuck it out the window ! |
| 9 | I got her up to seventy-five , too . |
| 10 | And he had to do that every year in order to satisfy his stance his hat that he was wearing , that he was actually being the boss , and knocking the workers down , look I 'm holding down , what twenty-two point on six , er and he believed that my need was that I could go back to my manager , and say , look I got him up to two point one , . |
| 11 | I want you to get someone to drive you up to the hospital to see her . |
| 12 | You all know what Strats sound like and what 5-position selectors do , but to get an overall picture of this guitar I lined it up against a regular office hack ( a Tokai hybrid with an old ‘ 58 Fender neck and Alnico Pro II 's in the middle and bridge positions ) and can report that the SRV came out well . |
| 13 | I caught him up at last . |
| 14 | When I started feeding them I built them up to a wedge of ‘ Horsehage ’ each — which they love . |
| 15 | ‘ I fly them up from Djakarta , ’ he said . |
| 16 | So I phoned them up in the afternoon and I said the bicycle that my friend Mr reported yesterday afternoon is still in the bushes . |
| 17 | I drew myself up to my full 4 feet 8 inches , flared my pupils at the teacher , picked up my scarlet skirt , Vivien Leigh-style , and , with a thud , parquet met felt and felt met parquet . |
| 18 | Why should I dress myself up in clothes that are not mine ? |
| 19 | He got the sack , cos he got up and left his job overslept and annoyed erm Rachael because she woke him up twice and said come on you 've got to go to work , he said alright then , she , she went back to bed thinking he 'd get up and of course he were still laying in bed , I woke him up at five to eleven , said come on you 're an hour late , but when he got down there they said no it 's no good you 've got the sack , and he said well it 's your own fault then cos you were woke up twice by Rachael at nine o'clock , he had n't , he could have got up and gone to work , just idle we met him twice , it really upset him |
| 20 | Oh no , it 's like , it 's like with chocolate as well , I cut it up into little pieces , because I ca n't eat it all at once . |
| 21 | My head got stuck up there so I lifted her up in the hair and started swinging her around in my head . |
| 22 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 23 | If I 'm knitting Fair Isle , I line it up with the N1 cam because I also have to pass that . |
| 24 | No , you said would I bring it up at this meeting . |
| 25 | And you hold them in your arm just see the wa I mix them up in the feed , I mix the feed up with some of it , and then tip it into the rubber you see . |
| 26 | ‘ Shall I carry it up for you ? ’ |
| 27 | I hauled myself up from whatever I was lying on . |
| 28 | Next time someone cuts you up on the fast lane , pity him . |
| 29 | I screwed it up by not noticing somebody behind me . |
| 30 | Shall I ring her up for you ? ’ |