Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the supermarket recently , I crept up on the man in my life who was examining the label on a frozen gateau . |
| 2 | I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway . |
| 3 | And I got up on the wall right ? |
| 4 | One morning I hopped up on the fence to have a good look around and there , sunning herself in the patio window of the empty house , was the most gorgeous long-hair I 'd ever seen . |
| 5 | I came up on the pools ! |
| 6 | That 's when I threw up on the carpet . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I climbed up on the roof through the window of the ladies ’ toilet , and hung a string of underwear from the Mackintosh Bird … for charity . ’ |
| 8 | Asked about his first day , Terry said : ‘ I was stunned when I turned up on the Monday only to be confronted with the aftermath of the weekend fire . |
| 9 | I mean , I 'd had the feeling before , a bit , the first couple of times I went up on the End , it was that much closer to the spindle . |
| 10 | Until 1978 that is , when we had the first and last National Conference in this country and after spending about three days cooking rice and feeling very exhausted , I went up on the platform to speak on behalf of Chi lean women and I was made to shut up . |
| 11 | To the crews ' embarrassment I stumped up on the bridge wearing the eye patch and the parrot on my shoulder with the added embellishment of an iron hook up the loose sleeve of my coat , to take Venturous alongside in full view of a crowd of holidaymakers lining the pier who , although somewhat mystified , obviously enjoyed the show . |
| 12 | ‘ When the proposals failed , I gave up on the profession and have not set foot in the Institute since , but it is characteristic of Bill 's commitment that he has carried on regardless . ’ |
| 13 | So I gave up on the idea of girls until I was about fifteen , when I suppose my hormones calmed down a bit . |
| 14 | After a disastrous relationship in my early twenties in which the woman made me feel like a rapist , I gave up on the idea of sex and women . |
| 15 | So was it very surprising that I picked up on the African presence moving around the island ? |
| 16 | If I stood up on the walkway , I thought , I could probably stretch up and touch the ceiling , but would n't be able to reach the hole . |
| 17 | I hit the central barrier and he went on about fifty yards while I ended up on the hard shoulder |
| 18 | I ended up on the front fucking wheels of a pushbike |
| 19 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 20 | Several times in the night she had this bad dream and once she woke up on the floor . |
| 21 | But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available ! |
| 22 | She flared up on the instant , turning on him and almost yelling , ‘ You bought a boat , that does n't mean you bought me . |
| 23 | She curled up on the other side of the bed . |
| 24 | She curled up on the floor and leaned against the arm of Morris 's chair . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ she curled up on the deep sill and wrapped the duvet more tightly around herself , leaving him to find a seat of his own as she knew he was going to , ‘ that sounds like life — so what ? ’ |
| 26 | She rang up on the morning with breathless excuses about having to practise a particularly beastly new piece for a concert tomorrow . |
| 27 | She went up on the hills or down to the beach . |
| 28 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 29 | The boat too affected her profoundly ; she had never been on a boat before , except for a rowing boat in the park , and she stood up on the top deck in the bitter grey April wind , and watched the foam and the emptiness and the receding bar of Folkestone , and she thought that she had never seen anything so wonderful in her life . |
| 30 | He grinned as she pushed up on the window sill , her head down , hair hanging blackly . |