Example sentences of "[noun pl] up [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean having to come upstairs before you even get into the house is n't very good either , cos I mean with kids you 've got to carry the pushchairs up and everything and carry kids up and carry all your shopping up , it 's not , it 's not very practical having them upstairs . |
2 | Which she would n't , she realised , if she did n't buck her ideas up and play this according to Mr Naylor I-hold-all-the-aces Massingham . |
3 | What , you 're going to get two four bedroomed houses and two double garages up and retain some trees in that bit ? |
4 | But the point is , if you tell them you 're leaving , why do n't they come and board the windows up and save all this money ? |
5 | The movie firmly puts its hands up and admits this is a retread of Home Alone 1 by constant references to the last time the McCallisters lost Kevin . |
6 | I was the senior priest , after all , and I was against baptism — at least until the Indians pulled their socks up and stopped some of their filthy practices . |