Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 3 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 4 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 5 | Masklin swung backwards and forwards , trying to pull himself up the rough cloth . |
| 6 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
| 7 | ‘ My friend , Lord Auden and I cut one up the other day , ’ she says ( of an old mahogany sideboard ) . |
| 8 | When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off . |
| 9 | Five minutes later Breeze was escorting him up the winding flagged path . |
| 10 | He motioned Karlinsky forward and with a generous flourish directed him up the three steps on to the small platform in front of the Ark of the Law where a lectern had been placed . |
| 11 | But I thought we wanted to keep this a low profile bungalow and that 's pushing it up the same as the other one in Grey Lane went up . |
| 12 | Well alright , but can you , can you not get rid of a couple of the boxes and what 's this thing there ? well why do n't you tip it up the other way and give yourself a bit more room , tomorrow Deana what 's that , your dictionary ? |
| 13 | I agreed and arranged to pick it up the next morning on the way . |
| 14 | Should n't have really warmed it up the first time . |
| 15 | We will encourage school to invest in sports facilities and open them up the local community . |
| 16 | For some reason he remembered old Doyle , the gardener , dead now for thirty years , leading him up the same pathway round to the back door and into the kitchen for the mid-morning cup of tea . |
| 17 | Cos I 'd cleaned it up the other day cos it had mildew on the bottom of it ! |
| 18 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
| 19 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |
| 20 | Philip followed them up the open staircase and into the woman 's bedroom . |
| 21 | He kidnaps her in the hope that she will accept and return his affections and when he ties her up the sexual and emotional metaphors of the title abound . |
| 22 | Massingham followed him up the narrow uncarpeted stairs . |
| 23 | She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy . |
| 24 | He began paddling at the age of 10 , got his first boat 3 years later , spent a week with PGL and followed it up the next year with a course at Raven 's Ait . |
| 25 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 26 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 27 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 28 | She jangled a ring of keys , opened the door and led him up the bare , creaking stairway which climbed steeply out of the hallway . |
| 29 | I laugh and push him up the last step . |
| 30 | Trouble was , he never would listen to orders , rubbed everyone up the wrong way . |