Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll bet he made them rope up to do the dishes . |
| 2 | Anyway , that was the other thing , it was raining so hard , rattling at the windowpane in the dark … even so , I was convinced I 'd heard something , and at that hour there 's nobody else up except the baker , and he 's over here on this side of the Piazza , so I got up to take a look and saw this girl lying there in the rain . |
| 3 | So I got up to have a look out of the side window . |
| 4 | By about 4.30 am I had given up on trying to sleep so I got up to have a shower . |
| 5 | At the beginning of our second week in Corfu , I woke up to find a lump beneath my left arm the size of a pigeon 's egg and two smaller ones running into my breast . |
| 6 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 7 | It 's mostly chipboard based , but I did buy an old 60s wardrobe quite cheaply which I cut up to make a computer work station . |
| 8 | When we stroll past the front of the van I peep up to check the reaction , and I guess that the two cops hunched inside see these two anxious faces glancing nervously , and they decide it is n't worth climbing out the van for , and I reckon that if I was them I too would lock the doors and stay inside . |
| 9 | Yes , what it was , early in the season when I was playing left back erm I had to stay back , but recently because I 'm playing centre half , I get up to get the set pieces , so it 's nice for me as well . |
| 10 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; ‘ I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |
| 11 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |
| 12 | So I finished up doing the lot . |
| 13 | I scrambled up to find a rather nervous photographer who had not enjoyed the path that led him to that spot . |
| 14 | No , I rang up to say the car should be out on Monday should I like to say Wednesday , no problem . |
| 15 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 16 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 17 | He became more active in the business again , and I grew up learning the ropes . ’ |
| 18 | She said , ‘ Every year I end up taking a pair of rubber gloves with me and looking after the children , and every year I end up coming home feeling exhausted . |
| 19 | I get very uptight over what to say without upsetting him , so when we do finally talk I end up saying the wrong things . |
| 20 | Lynam lit the fuse by first questioning captain Lineker about the mood in the squad and then turning on Taylor , who now says : ‘ I end up having a go at the ‘ housewives ' choice ’ and it really was n't me . |
| 21 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 22 | Instead I warmed up retracing the predawn walk to Cross where I would collect the big rucksack and the last bus to Stornoway . |
| 23 | Er I come up to draw the President 's attention erm to a problem we have within the delegation and that is that when er Dick called the mover of resolution three eight one in the name of the Lancashire region John who was going to move the resolution was in fact sat in his seat within the delegation . |
| 24 | Early one morning , I ran up to find the horses had the same idea . |
| 25 | The first time I stood up to cross-examine the CEGB 's opening witness , Derek Davis — the man who had said in 1952 that there was ‘ no strong local opposition ’ to Hinkley C — I felt as though I was floundering in a mess of unthought-out quibbles . |
| 26 | and I was very moved by the photograph and I ended up writing a poem to this little girl , and indeed one thing I can say , perhaps with some pride , is that Doctor Barnardos know about this poem , and somehow who was writing a history Barnardo children actually asked to use it in her book . |
| 27 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 28 | There between my legs , the front wheels , and I ended up holding the handlebars and staring into this wee boy 's face a look of sheer fucking terror on his face , |
| 29 | I ended up having a fight with him , he broke my arm and I got hit on the head . |
| 30 | I suppressed so many feelings that I ended up having an emotional breakdown . |