Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ she replied tersely , ‘ I 'll make sure that I draw up a balance sheet next time . |
| 2 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 3 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 4 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 5 | The waiters were all busy at that moment so I picked up a full glass from the table and fought my way to where she was holding court in the middle of the mass — standing up , of course . |
| 6 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 7 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
| 8 | In the spring of 1940 John Avison and I rounded up a group of like-minded radio people with the object of renting a large house as far away as possible from downtown Vancouver . |
| 9 | It was a wet and windy day and I warmed up a little more carefully than usual . |
| 10 | No no i if it was if it was the likes of a say for instance , and I owned the book , it was my black book , and I ran up a hundred pounds on it . |
| 11 | Q. I am a beginner with around a year 's experience and I set up a 48″ × 21″ × 18″ ( water height ) marine tank last December . |
| 12 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 13 | And I picked up a pack of contraceptives . |
| 14 | And I picked up a load of washing the other day and put it in the washing machine and I washed it . |
| 15 | ‘ Steve and I teamed up a while back . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 17 | Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there . |
| 18 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 19 | ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses but I picked up a bug in Germany at the weekend and have n't been able to shake it off , ’ explained world No13 McManus . |
| 21 | ‘ So tell me about the twins , ’ I said , not because I was interested , but because I wanted the senator to talk while I dreamed up a strategy to turn down his request . |
| 22 | in his palm while I start up a flame . |
| 23 | One year , after I notched up a particularly impressive tally of flying time , our club created a new annual award called ‘ Peel of the Year ’ — convinced there would only ever be one recipient . |
| 24 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
| 25 | ‘ I shall definitely think twice before I put up a sign like this again . ’ |
| 26 | I still think of this when I rip up an old vest for a piece of silver-polishing rag . |
| 27 | But the pitch was wet when I picked up a swag against them at Bradford . |
| 28 | I was in a French class at school when I picked up a copy of the magazine , which had been lying on one of the tables . |
| 29 | The configuration of lights speed up , broaden , and throw different shadows into the car as I pull up a freeway ramp . |
| 30 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |