Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if Liverpool are playing in a big match , we let them stay up until the end . |
| 2 | She tied a big red-and-white-striped drying-up cloth around each of their waists and made them kneel up to the table on chairs . |
| 3 | A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge . |
| 4 | Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls . |
| 5 | Will I step up to the cottage for another bottle , or will you , or shall we go without ? |
| 6 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 7 | Can I pick up on a point that you 've just made Mr Sedgewick and also points made by those on your right about exceptions and presumptions . |
| 8 | Can I come up for a moment ? ’ |
| 9 | Why ca n't someone come up with a better boot than a rubber one ? |
| 10 | does somebody dress up as an Easter bunny ? |
| 11 | ‘ It 's called feminism , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I hope you never get it , because it is absolutely awful and it makes you swell up to an enormous size and when you have it really badly you go round bonking men on the head and blaming them for everything . |
| 12 | Do you feel up to a bit of leg work ? ’ |
| 13 | Would she grow up into a street urchin , plimsolls , no socks , grimy tee shirt , with a London accent grating on a nicely-brought-up ear ? |
| 14 | How late did you work up until the birth ? |
| 15 | For a demonstration or more information on how Victor can help you shape up for the 90's contact any one of our Victor Authorised Dealers or call Sarah Brown at Victor on . |
| 16 | It can also help you keep up with the rapidly changing world of work . |
| 17 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 18 | So when you say yes you 're here could you call up with the name of your tutor so I can the tutor down so I |
| 19 | Would you go up to the station and get a taxi for us ? |
| 20 | ‘ She says … she saw you go up to the belvedere … and one of her golf-clubs is missing … |
| 21 | uhum , could n't you go up in the other corner . |
| 22 | Did you go up in the car the other week when you was gon na go ? |
| 23 | Did she go up on the bus ? ’ |
| 24 | Let's face it , would you put up with a general election campaign lasting one year and one month ? |
| 25 | Aye I heard him saying how do you put up with an arsehole like that ? |
| 26 | why do n't you save up for the Sony compact jobs ? |
| 27 | why do n't you shut up for a moment |
| 28 | " Hazel , " said Fiver , " could you come up on the bank with me for a few moments ? |
| 29 | Would you , would you like to do a group collaboration on this one , because erm , can you come up with a version that your group agrees on ? |
| 30 | Can you sit up at the table then ? |