Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 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 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
| 6 | Five minutes later Breeze was escorting him up the winding flagged path . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | We will encourage school to invest in sports facilities and open them up the local community . |
| 9 | Cos I 'd cleaned it up the other day cos it had mildew on the bottom of it ! |
| 10 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Philip followed them up the open staircase and into the woman 's bedroom . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Massingham followed him up the narrow uncarpeted stairs . |
| 15 | She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy . |
| 16 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She jangled a ring of keys , opened the door and led him up the bare , creaking stairway which climbed steeply out of the hallway . |
| 19 | As an outsider , probably being the only Englishman in the quarries , you know I I think they were surprised , the fact that it was a local family , I think that 's what really rubbed them up the wrong way . |
| 20 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 21 | ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief . |
| 22 | You must have touched her up the wrong way . |
| 23 | Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way . |
| 24 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |
| 25 | Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . |
| 26 | ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ? |
| 27 | Leonora escorted him up the massive oak staircase to his room at the back , wished him a good night 's sleep and walked slowly back along the landing . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a chance to understand why women are not making it up the professional or corporate ladder , ’ Ms Gompels added , ‘ which does seem to be a waste of such a valuable resource . ’ |
| 29 | Shall I hire a gondola and take you up the Grand Canal to the sound of trumpets ? ’ |
| 30 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |