Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me . |
| 2 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 3 | I gave up a few years ago . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You did n't really think I 'd run away just because you tore up a few of my clothes , did you ? ’ |
| 5 | She picked up a few more guns from corpses , and did n't feel naked any more . |
| 6 | We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls . |
| 7 | Black , rather coarse , straight hairs are most plentiful ; then there were finer , dark-brown hairs on the jacket and shirt ; finally , we picked up a few animal hairs almost certainly from a cat . ’ |
| 8 | They picked up a few there Derek . |
| 9 | He woke up a few minutes later . |
| 10 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 11 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 12 | He picked up a few tricks of the trade as he progressed . |