Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I kept up the act , I opened the door and said his name in a quiet voice and hobbled weakly across the cellar and up the steps . |
| 2 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |
| 3 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 4 | So I pedalled up the Via San Pietro . |
| 5 | so I rang up the place and said I would like to go are you having another ? |
| 6 | So I phoned up the Stanstead P R O the next morning and said ‘ confirm that the Queen is coming to open the airport ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , we do n't know , we have n't a clue who 's coming to open the airport , yet . |
| 7 | So I gave up the production of all but ‘ Leicester Square to Broadway ’ and began to wonder if I would not be happier producing shows for the BBC in London or in another country — perhaps China . |
| 8 | So I wrapped up the conversation as rudely as someone on Newsnight trying to silence a politician , just as he dealt me a social body blow . |
| 9 | And I had er had given myself a target of five thousand for Leith so I turned up the next and made my five thousand in fact I made five thousand and fifty signatures for the h and I believe myself if , if every branch were doing the same as I had been doing then we would have no problem at all in getting a hundred thousand signatures which is our aim . |
| 10 | I I have n't contacted only from what who er Granville said so I picked up the communion the straight away and then I could n't and she 's coming on the or that Sunday the first |
| 11 | I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your |
| 12 | So I picked up the thing with an empty bottle and put it in the , on the kitchen . |
| 13 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 14 | After giving your letter to my ‘ bonne ’ yesterday I gave up the fight and retired in good order to bed , where I am still . |
| 15 | Now I came up the hard way , same as you . |
| 16 | If by one careless word now I backed up the rumours Aline was bound to be spreading at night , by tomorrow morning Tom Lofthouse , a chatty lad , would have it all round the Doctors ' House . |
| 17 | Suddenly , 12 years ago I ended up the only one left , ’ said David . |
| 18 | Fortunately I brought up the poison ; but I still carry the effects of it . |
| 19 | I slowed down but even then I locked up the front wheel in one of the fast corners and I fell again . |
| 20 | Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle . |
| 21 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 22 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 23 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
| 24 | Then I plucked up the courage to start moving around on my own and began walking down a path when the gentleman in grey asked people to stand aside , and I stepped well back . |
| 25 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
| 26 | Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off . |
| 27 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 28 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 29 | Thus at my ease , I ate my tea and then I washed up the dirty crocks . |
| 30 | Then I climbed up the rope myself . |