Example sentences of "[pron] up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 2 | It 's the same size as yours up to the wardrobe and up to the door . |
| 3 | And I suppose we 'd better go and asphyxiate ourselves up at the sulphur springs . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , we certainly thought we were climbing , the wife and me , you know with all that pulling ourselves up over the rock and all , and what with the fact we were , well , in a manner of speaking , how can I put this , em , climbing up to the top . ’ |
| 5 | We went our separate ways , both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race . |
| 6 | Let us tuck ourselves up in the light and warmth , and hide away from the night . " |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd better go and tell someone up at the camp that she 's come round . ’ |
| 8 | After two months she loosened her grasp on the subject like a drowning man giving himself up to the sea . |
| 9 | Following the United States invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 to remove Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega from power [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , Noriega on Jan. 3 voluntarily left the papal nunciature , where he had sought refuge , and gave himself up to the US authorities after being persuaded by the papal nuncio , Mgr José Sebastián Laboa , that asylum in a third country was not a viable option . |
| 10 | On the same day Schalck-Golodkowski ( who had given himself up to the West Berlin authorities on Dec. 7 — see p. 37107 ) was released in West Berlin because there were reportedly insufficient grounds on which to open legal proceedings against him . |
| 11 | AN America banker , accused of embezzling $13m and sparking a financial crisis in the state of Rhode Island , yesterday gave himself up to the authorities . |
| 12 | On Oct. 6 Klaus Kuron , 54 , who had worked since 1962 for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz — BfV ) , gave himself up to the authorities and was formally arrested shortly afterwards . |
| 13 | The attack also came only hours after Juan David Ochoa , 42 , a leading Medellín cartel leader , had given himself up to the authorities ; his two younger brothers were already in custody after accepting a government offer of reduced sentences and no extradition in return for their surrender and confession [ see pp. 37772 ; 37851 ; 37914 ] . |
| 14 | He was content to give himself up to the occasion , similar to others he had described in his own books but none of which had ever seemed to possess the colour , the noise , the smell , the sheer vibrancy that was before him now . |
| 15 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 16 | What , after all , is the difference between a priest acting in the highest sense of his vocation , or a prophet compelled into declamation , or such a saint ( even unknowing ) , opening himself up to the mercies of God , becoming a channel for them to the world ? |
| 17 | Here Cornelius fed the motor car with the best petrol that money could buy and then took himself up to the restaurant to join Tuppe . |
| 18 | Tell Russell to give himself up to the police and when they have dealt with him , Mr Christie , I am going to shoot him . ’ |
| 19 | Connolly gave himself up to the police and was charged with damage to the cell amounting to ten shillings . |
| 20 | Official accounts of the trial noted that although he had been involved in plotting the occupation of Tiananmen Square , he had given himself up to the police and had shown " repentance " . |
| 21 | Paula was just 16 , when her boyfriend , whose name was not given , went to his probation officer then gave himself up to the police . |
| 22 | He eased himself up on the pillow and examined the breakfast tray . |
| 23 | She was surprised to find that she was not at all self-conscious with him and she moved to nestle comfortably against him when he rolled away from her and propped himself up on the pillows . |
| 24 | He scuttled ahead of them , bunching himself up at the approach to turnings in case anyone was coming the other way , and skimming over pools of polished moonlight with the feverish agility of a small bat . |
| 25 | Heraldic had finally pulled himself up at the start . |
| 26 | But bravely Close hauled himself up at the count of nine and by the end of the round he was back to his old self . |
| 27 | Edberg stamped his world class authority on the match , dominating the 90 minute final and setting himself up for the defence of his Wimbledon title . |
| 28 | ‘ Damn cheek , ’ he muttered , and hitched himself up onto the edge of the couch . |
| 29 | One of the littlest lads had heaved himself up onto the window-sill and was gazing out in rapture . |
| 30 | A second later he had levered himself up off the bed , striding away to answer the call . |