Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one of the Belfast inner-city communities , I built up a strong personal relationship with a very poor family . |
| 2 | I hooked up a wriggling worm and ate it : it tasted alright , earthy and slightly gritty , but I would rather have had a proper meal . |
| 3 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car . |
| 6 | I walked up a small flight of steps to the red-tiled side colonnade . |
| 7 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 8 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 9 | I blame the fact that a crow chose to hover below me as I scrambled up a tricky bit of path , made more perilous by loose shifting gravel . |
| 10 | We were — ’ I thought up a good lie quickly ; they 're the best ones ' — remembering all the times we had when we were students . |
| 11 | As we staggered up the path like a couple of drunks , I kept up a desperate , bright flow of conversation , to mask the slowness of our steps . |
| 12 | I kept up a close correspondence with my parents , partly because I knew that they missed me , and partly from natural inclination and affection . |
| 13 | ‘ I grew up a United fan , ’ said Little . |
| 14 | ‘ I took up a new hold at 500 feet over the pilot and was pleased to see the dinghy on the water , fully inflated , between the helicopter and the pilot — and upwind of him ! |
| 15 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
| 16 | I gave up a few years ago . ’ |
| 17 | I gave up a promising career in advertising in England and came back to Barbados with him . |
| 18 | I conjured up a vivid representation of the plushy murk in the Theatre Royal , I saw the shiny tip of the hypodermic gleaming against the dark fabric of The Fat Controller 's trouser leg . |
| 19 | No no i if it was if it was the likes of a say for instance , and I owned the book , it was my black book , and I ran up a hundred pounds on it . |
| 20 | I rustled up a friendly Australian to take a shot of Ted in action . |
| 21 | I picked up a fallen branch , and as he passed I struck him on the head . |
| 22 | I picked up a dental chisel and resolved to sell my life dearly . |
| 23 | Recently , I picked up a young bird which one of my cats had caught ; I held it in my hands in the hope that it might survive . |
| 24 | I picked up a young man on my first journey out of Durham about 6.30 on the morning . |
| 25 | Some years ago , walking along a riverside with a Pakistani biochemist , I picked up a flat stone and bounced it across the water . |
| 26 | The waiters were all busy at that moment so I picked up a full glass from the table and fought my way to where she was holding court in the middle of the mass — standing up , of course . |
| 27 | Switching on my bedside lamp , I picked up a heavy , blunt instrument ( The Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986/87 and tore open the door . |
| 28 | ‘ The first time I picked up a 12 bore , it was bigger than me and the men all laughed . |
| 29 | I picked up a likely length and laid it in the boat . |
| 30 | While they were steaming on top of the savoury liquid she whipped up a small quantity of French dressing , sprinkled it on shredded lettuce and tomato slices , then added grated cheese and made some sandwiches . |