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

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1 Shall I hire a gondola and take you up the Grand Canal to the sound of trumpets ? ’
2 ‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’
3 But if you up the financial incentive to achieve , then that too might change ’ .
4 ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ?
5 Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode .
6 I have them up the front bedroom window .
7 As an outsider , probably being the only Englishman in the quarries , you know I I think they were surprised , the fact that it was a local family , I think that 's what really rubbed them up the wrong way .
8 They do n't promote somebody that 's gon na shimmy past them up the corporate ladder although you could n't
9 And if you go , if you 're not gon na pick them up the next day .
10 Philip followed them up the open staircase and into the woman 's bedroom .
11 We will encourage school to invest in sports facilities and open them up the local community .
12 The man turns and trots away from me up the right-hand staircase from the mezzanine to the station platform .
13 A girlfriend rang me up the other day .
14 Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part .
15 ‘ Hand me up the other bottle . ’
16 The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick .
17 ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief .
18 He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses .
19 At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time .
20 I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way .
21 ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way .
22 ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way .
23 He wrapped her in a scarlet blanket , and carried her up the outside area steps .
24 Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden .
25 Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her .
26 ‘ Hello sweetheart , ’ he smiled , and walked past her up the narrow passage and into the back kitchen .
27 When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off .
28 Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way .
29 You must have touched her up the wrong way .
30 Corbett bowed , withdrew , and spent the rest of the time kicking his heels in an antechamber before a servant imperiously summoned him up the great staircase and ushered him into a brilliantly decorated room .
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