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Example sentences of "[pers pn] up and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew
2	He would pick you up and squeeze you dry and discard you when you began to bore him .
3	All your licensed premises on your area had to be checked at least once a week ( in uniform ) and the sergeant would pick you up and take you visiting these various posts , and I used to take a glass of beer .
4	‘ Meanwhile , why do n't I pick you up and take you out to dinner one evening ? ’
5	you know if you 're in this area or that area we 'll pick you up and take you home and the phone just does n't stop ringing
6	not taking her tablets when you 're feeling better we 'll come up and pick you up and take you out .
7	Then we 'll begin with some limbering-up exercises , to loosen you up and get you accustomed to the skis .
8	I thought I 'd ring you up and tell you .
9	He 'd eat you up and spit you out . ’
10	If they suss out that you 're a fanatical prospector they 'll have a great time winding you up and sending you off on a series of wild goose chases .
11	He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring .
12	Never mind the boring breakbeat rubbish going around , this is the real story , which trips you up and hoses you down in a shower of sparkling special effects .
13	‘ I 'm trying to control a wild urge to pick you up and carry you to my bedroom . ’
14	That 's alright , if you tread on my feet I 'll just pick you up and carry you then .
15	pick you up and meet you one evening .
16	I picked up a bag and jokingly said , ‘ If you do n't go we 'll bag you up and send you to Hull ’ .
17	‘ Difficult ’ seemed to mean that your pimp had beaten you up and thrown you out , and you had no money for a fix and could n't stand up until you 'd had one .
18	But if you hit the canvas , Uncle Sam wo n't pick you up and dust you off .
19	Old people , in old people 's homes , sometimes regress to this stage , and they also can be observed to play with faeces and to wrap them up and present them as a gift .
20	She tore them up and tossed them into the bin .
21	Take about three bananas , and cut them up and arrange them on a plate in four pieces to look like a monster .
22	No , I 'll I 'll I 'll ring them up and book it for eight .
23	And he was going again , but when he wanted his clothes to go my mother had cut them up and burnt them !
24	So the tr the owners who owned them them days you could read about them , but they do n't do it today , cos the trainers ring them up and tell them how they 're going , do n't they ?
25	He 'd tried several , imitating his Mum 's signature but he 'd scrumpled them up and put them in the waste paper basket .
26	Eat them or mash them up and put them on your face — with their soothing properties , carrots really earn their ‘ skin-food ’ label .
27	That has been done to death by ex-managers and ex-record companies who use a list of about two dozen tracks which they write down on a sheet of paper , cut them up and put them in a hat , and whatever order they come out in that 's another album .
28	And that if you do n't pick them up and put them back where you got them from , they are still there two weeks later , and the house looks a bit of a tip .
29	‘ If you 're looking for your undies , I 've folded them up and put them on top of the TV for you .
30	My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment .