Example sentences of "[pers pn] up [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We 'll hang you up over this machine , teach you to respect it . ’
2 ‘ I 'll take you up on that offer of a bed if it 's still going . ’
3 ‘ I 'd like to take you up on that offer . ’
4 But do n't expect the unassuming islander to back you up on that view .
5 ‘ If we had more time I 'd take you up on that challenge you 're issuing , my lady , ’ he growled , in a voice that had gone dark and soft .
6 I he said , he 's an old type chemist he said just mention my name he said he perhaps fix you up with small quantities or try this other place in Wrexham he said they , chemist he said but they do wholesale work as well
7 If you do not want to actually volunteer for a specific charity but would like to offer your services generally to whoever may need them , then phone the Volunteer Co-ordinator , who will match you up with all sorts of jobs .
8 That would drive him to madness , to the place they most wanted him , the place in which it would be even more difficult to find the Key ; an institution , a hospital where they filled you up with all sorts of disgusting drugs and deliberately kept you as stupid as the rest .
9 ‘ What I thought , ’ says Freddie , ‘ was that we could fix you up with some kind of nominal job in the organization … ’
10 And in the morning , yeah , you have to wake up earlier they 'd bring the hosepipe and they 'd wake you up with cold water and you 'd have to have a cold shower and everything And sometimes they , they put , they 'd used I got , I got done the worse and , like , I just woke up cos I felt cold .
11 You men are so conformist in love , so provincial in imagination ; that is why we have to flatter you , to prop you up with little lies .
12 I mean if you like , I mean , I 'll pick you up at normal time , then we 'll just
13 Available in Rabat or the port Mgarr they will pick you up at pre-arranged prices .
14 But if it 's something , you know , more serious than then the the client should be aware from you , that they should be ringing you up at this stage .
15 are you up to two days at the Co-Op now ?
16 you need to this first year and it gets you up to that level
17 You get in , and an old Pawnee tows you up to 3,000 feet , and then you drop the tow-rope and you 're on your own , with Mike , the chief instructor , sitting in the back saying , ‘ Stop , overcontrolling it , ’ and ‘ Use some rudder , damn it , ’ and ‘ Thought you said you were a pilot ? ’ and ‘ There you are , see ?
18 There 's even a fireplace which can be installed on a wall with no flue : a container of special fuel is lit under ‘ coals ’ , and gives you up to three hours of warmth and flames with no mess , no de-ashing , and no chimney is needed .
19 So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving .
20 What were you up to last night ? ’
21 Who 's put you up to this call ?
22 What , what are you up to this evening on the sport front ?
23 What villainy are you up to this time ? ’
24 Anyway , what are you up to these days ?
25 ‘ And what are you up to these days ? ’ said the friend .
26 Er they take you up for twenty minutes intensive and then drop it
27 ‘ And I should know , having brought you up for twenty-odd years .
28 ‘ When my name is cleared , ’ he said thoughtfully , ‘ I 'd like to set you up in better premises , supply you with as much leather as you need and get you an apprentice or two . ’
29 I will pick you up in twenty minutes .
30 on my own , brought them from Canada and I brought them up without any help from my ex-husband and I would n't of wanted it any other way .
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