Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] up [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Bedwelty then said , ‘ You asked me up here to give my opinion . |
| 2 | ‘ When she realised she faced death she said to me : ‘ God wants me up there to look after the children ’ . ’ |
| 3 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 4 | I 've just phoned her up just to tell her . |
| 5 | I have to pay a visit to the wholesaler , so I could drop you off and pick you up later to bring you back . |
| 6 | " Fiver , I wo n't pretend that I did n't follow you up here to speak angrily . |
| 7 | I pick one up carefully to look at it . |
| 8 | They used to let him up here to practise from time to time . ’ |
| 9 | And when the rain stops , the beavers may have to build them up again to prevent the level of the lake from falling so low that the entrance to the lodge is exposed . |
| 10 | It is high time Eubank put on another world-class performance , but opponents such as Gimenez simply do n't fire him up enough to produce his best . |
| 11 | ‘ But do n't foul it up just to prove I 'm right . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't want no money from you , ’ said Linda , ‘ I do n't trust yer , Mr Cousins , I bet yer up 'ere to do thievin' . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm not taking you up there to vomit in the Land Rover . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Like your party trick with the neutrino collectors and the hymetusite : we could n't have scaled it up enough to solve Earth 's energy shortfall , but it could have supported us here whilst we searched for the long-term solution — the high-mass elements in Lucifer 's core . ’ |
| 15 | In the Sonnet just quoted , Britten breaks off the rhythm only near the end , with a few sustained chords , before taking it up again to come to a strong conclusion . |
| 16 | I bet he 's not tightened it up properly to seal it . |
| 17 | The phone rings in the night , you pick it up only to hear heavy breathing , silence or a volley of screamed obscenities . |
| 18 | Pete apparently Pete made it up just to get erm get at her . |
| 19 | When the snow clears a little , I 'll drive you up there to see for yourself . |
| 20 | Unsettled by the riddle , Mungo finally decided that Jos had probably shut him up just to get some peace . |
| 21 | But no , there were n't any cafés here , only kiosks to buy drinks and snacks , and you had to prop yourself up somewhere to nosh them . |