Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you want me to shut up first , or get you out and then shut up ? ’ said the Thing . |
| 2 | Mum an , mum and dad expected me to come up last week |
| 3 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 4 | Many other vegetables do not produce seed until the second year , and it is n't worth allowing them to take up valuable space for that extra time . |
| 5 | I do hope he is n't the murderer , I do n't want them to lock up one of my best contacts , but if you ever hear where he really was , I 'd love to know . ’ |
| 6 | Toying with that idea started a train of thought about some of the other activities probably open to super-beings , which led me to conjure up some images of myself with Sergia , the Ardakkean , minus her costume , in the Orgitunnel . |
| 7 | He believed he was as beautiful as ever when he looked into the glass , but perhaps the AIDS scare had stopped them picking up older men in bars . |
| 8 | In his foreword to the book , Professor Sir Robert Birley says of Janet Lacey : ‘ One meets energetic people and unorthodox people and efficient people , but it is rare to meet them making up one person … add to that the power to speak forcefully and clearly … she was the first woman to preach in St Paul 's and Liverpool Cathedral and St George 's Cathedral in Jerusalem … she is also exceedingly good company … |
| 9 | ‘ And except for ministers , of course — we can not do without them ; or schoolmasters — the Lord Lieutenants will need them to draw up more lists and sign away more lives when the six thousand have bled and died in France , or Spain , or India . ’ |
| 10 | I want you to follow up some of those leads . |
| 11 | In the worst possible case , that would slice A$250m off the result for this year , and nobody could have expected him to make up that sort of ground . |
| 12 | Why has he thrown up that promising career in politics to become a vicar ? ’ |
| 13 | Has he signed up one of the most formidable Arabs to ride for his expanding pro team ? |
| 14 | But he wants it to go up one percent . |
| 15 | You want us to climb up this place , however far it is , and find shelter on the top . |
| 16 | Let me open up that one . |
| 17 | Jerry Lee was a pill-eating , gun-slinging yahoo who shagged his boozed up 13-year-old cousin and made tangible all the horror and lawlessness that was implicit on the Elvis records . |
| 18 | The day after she came I put up another roll of chicken wire . ’ |
| 19 | The 21-year-old Ulster girl is making her international debut in this tournament and in her first singles match she came up English star Joanne Morley , losing 3 and 2 in a game which saw eight birdies , five from Morley and three from McCool . |
| 20 | Jane says they end up THREE YEARS behind — |
| 21 | What , Guy wondered , furious with himself , had possessed him to bring up that day ? |
| 22 | Mr Clarke said last night : ‘ I have written to Mr Lang urging him to take up this opportunity as a matter of urgency . |
| 23 | But before she could speak he held up one imperious hand , effectively commanding her silence . |
| 24 | and that will relax the tissues and let it fill up that bit easier . |
| 25 | Let us pick up that word peculiarities . |
| 26 | The weather has turned much colder due to ‘ winds from Siberia ’ and the comrades have been extremely solicitous , warning us to wrap up warm , and lending us gigantic padded overcoats . |
| 27 | I can make you grow up tall . |
| 28 | To help them grow up strong . |
| 29 | If , at the end of this year , the total funds — I reckon those to be £44 million , but that figure may not be quite accurate — are underspent , will my hon. Friend advertise for people who , from 1989 to 1991 , did not receive their full allocation and allow anyone , including my constituents , to apply to help them use up any unused balance ? |
| 30 | However , these two activites tend to be associated with addictions and personality difficulties in the patient and to require them to give up these things can often be counterproductive , since compliance may well bring on a withdrawal syndrome , and failure can lead to anxiety and guilt . |