Example sentences of "[pers pn] up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 2 | It 's the same size as yours up to the wardrobe and up to the door . |
| 3 | Dear Julie gets drunk and for some bizarre reason suddenly starts feeling you up under the table while we 're nibbling our cheese and biscuits , and making pathetic double-entendres , and attacks you outside the bathroom ; totally unprovoked , of course , and it 's all just the drink talking . |
| 4 | She 'll be lucky if she does n't have to hold both of you up during the service . |
| 5 | ‘ It was Faye , dear , silly Faye , with her ridiculous attempt to doll you up into the sort of woman she thought I 'd want . |
| 6 | He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use . |
| 7 | ‘ See you up on the hillside . ’ |
| 8 | Let the wind do the work and pull you up on the board . |
| 9 | I 'll pick you up on the way back . ’ |
| 10 | I know you like hiking because I saw a photo of you in your little bum-freezers , so we 'll take you up on the moors and then call at Harry Ramsden 's for some fish ‘ n ’ chips . |
| 11 | I 'll sit you up on the pillows and you 'll be nice and comfy . ’ |
| 12 | It 's forty years old and will set you back five and a half thousand pounds — but for that you can be sure no-one will dare cut you up on the motorway . |
| 13 | ‘ How did you feel , ’ he said , ‘ when the monkey was holding you up on the roof ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll pick you up on the Friday afternoon , though I 'll be in touch before then , ’ he said , and bade her a curt farewell . |
| 15 | I may well take you up on the offer . ’ |
| 16 | There 's no danger of mixing you up with the mystery man from Pepe 's . ’ |
| 17 | As he ate , he opened and closed drawers , he examined papers and objects on his desk : ‘ I 'll let you loose in the west gallery and catch you up at the door to the stock-room . |
| 18 | you up at the moment |
| 19 | Were you up at the garage ? |
| 20 | ‘ Mister Johnny will see you up to the ridge , ’ Hepzibah said , but Carrie shook her head . |
| 21 | Just turn right up there and it takes you up to the bottom of the M10 . |
| 22 | ‘ Are you up to the Bahamas ? ’ |
| 23 | Once you are asleep they then inject the muscle relaxant , put an endro-t tracheal airway into your throat , connect you up to the anaesthetic machine and get the life-support machine breathing for you . |
| 24 | And seventh note is the leading note because it 's leading you up to the tonic again . |
| 25 | ‘ Does James Flemyng keep you up to the mark ? ’ |
| 26 | I bet she keeps you up to the mark . |
| 27 | Erm yeah it 's a , again , a very straightforward shot of a very well internationally known landmark erm but I think to stand sort of at an angle to this bridge , sort of , so you 're , the bridge leads you up to the archway underneath the tower is a nice viewpoint . |
| 28 | If there is anything capable of lifting you up to the gates of heaven , then that is it . |
| 29 | I , I , I think he described them as light granite , but , but actually of a manmade material , which is being used at the moment in Nottingham on a something called a heritage walk which takes you up to the lace market in Nottingham . |
| 30 | So , do you want to keep your eyes shut while I get you up to the roof , or open them now and get a nasty surprise when you and all your millions of fans see where you are ? ’ |