Example sentences of "[pron] up [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 You may have locked someone up and made a mistake .
2 The Americans , in particular , were self-confident and well educated , and their solidarity was in stark contrast with the disunity of the United Kingdom representatives , who were attending as individuals and had no national body to back them up or to formulate a national policy .
3 Julian ( 4.5 ) and David ( 4.2 ) stood them up and played a game with them as rockets going up to the sky .
4 I like to cheer them up and have a laugh with them .
5 erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it !
6 He had just time to form them up and move a little way forward himself from their hiding-place , to where he could see the ford and its approaches on either side , when the first fleeing riders came pounding down , splashing over and racing on .
7 Right , and then holding me up and put a jab then in then go ner er er er !
8 Marie 's left a load of mags behind , so I pick one up and have a flick through it .
9 Now as I say to every one of you er on these courses , do when you go through W H Smith pick one up and have a look at it .
10 Bernice propped herself up and took a bite .
11 ring her up and have a word with her and she 'll probably send you a copy of the letter she sent she should have done that .
12 Just tied him up and put a gag in his mouth . ’
13 I caught him up and tried a few more questions , but he 'd cut off communications .
14 Well I think it 's best to , yeah yeah , I mean o the best thing to do is actually lift it up and use a little bit of the underneath to try out the colours what colour 's that going to be ?
15 ‘ No it 's the phone , ’ said Ellen , who picked it up and had a pretend conversation in her undifferentiated monotone .
16 It 's questions and answers , I do n't know , I 've forgotten , I , I , I only opened it up and had a look at it at Christmas and I thought thirty something pounds for that , a load of rubbish , I do n't know what it is .
17 But as you are determined to live it up and have a good time , you must watch your health and try not to burn the candle at both ends .
18 I do n't remember the paper I only look at the front and the back on a Friday , well pick it up and have a look
19 But , when she picked it up and gasped a breathless ‘ hello ’ , the voice that answered was n't Luke at all .
20 They just drive round perhaps driving it parking it up and having a walk
21 Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists .
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