Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 2 | The women have become more feminist in their outlook and this has helped them to stand up against the men of the villages and take a firm stance in their lives . |
| 3 | It 's just I like to know where I stand and which bit of me to tense up before the rubber truncheon lands . |
| 4 | He wants you to go up to the villa . ’ |
| 5 | Team 1 is concentrating on the basement and ground floor , so I want you to go up to the 4th level as team 2 will be putting out the flames on floors 2 + 3 . |
| 6 | ‘ So now , my dears , there 's two of you to warm up by the fire ! ’ |
| 7 | It 's just — I want to go home and tell them to shut up about the exam results and let me do my own thing and leave me alone . |
| 8 | ‘ I rarely get away from church without someone finding something for me to do up at the manor . |
| 9 | Mr Fu , probably illiterate , can not get the kind of job with a township enterprise that would enable them to keep up with the Lis . |
| 10 | This irritates the worms sufficiently to cause them to crawl up to the surface immediately , where they can be collected easily in daylight . |
| 11 | They all turned towards her when she entered and way was made for her to go up to the counter . |
| 12 | He is right to change the emphasis of the list and we urge him to stand up to the civil servants who are resisting change . |
| 13 | Yeah , it 's just , I do n't want him to start up in the summer again |
| 14 | When Nora came she would get her to run up to the flat and root out that paste thing she 'd once bought on a whim at Selfridges . |
| 15 | At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away . |
| 16 | It has become agony for her to live up to the manufactured image of America 's favourite grandmother . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll bet she 'd like him to end up at the foot of the cliff , ’ said a voice . |
| 18 | BRISTOL City striker Leroy Rosenior accused referee Martin Bodenham of being ‘ a disgrace ’ because the official hassled him to get up after the former West Ham ace was knocked senseless . |
| 19 | He must expect her to get up off the bed and kiss his cheek , say good-night , see you in the morning , go out quickly and close the door behind her . |
| 20 | I do n't want her to end up with the sort of empty life I 've got to look forward to . |
| 21 | It is this conviction that led her to team up with the Plenary Foundation for Uruguayan Women to launch a multi-media project on the subject of women , mental health and sexuality . |
| 22 | He soon calmed down , then went across and fussed over her to make up for the rumpus , though it had n't bothered her in the slightest . |
| 23 | Recent storms have obviously set them loose , causing them to wash up on the shoreline . |
| 24 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 25 | You know why she did n't want us to go up into the bathroom ? |
| 26 | It will not be long before the circumstances in this country — I do not refer to a change of Government at the next election , which I profoundly do not wish to see — allow us to catch up in the two key areas which were subjected to further delay on this occasion . |
| 27 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
| 28 | The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses . |
| 29 | He encourages us to face up to the question how useful educational qualifications really are in getting jobs . |