Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] me up " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The paper 's editor will back me up . |
| 2 | I decided to walk as far as Bellanoch where a friend would pick me up for that weakening hospitality again - a dear old Sister Brush who shames me with her eighty-year-old energy , integrity and artistic confidence . |
| 3 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 4 | I recall how he used to tell the story of the three pigs : when the wolf ate the pigs who 'd built their houses of straw and twigs , my father would gather me up and rub his bristly face against mine , saying , ‘ Gnaggle , gnaggle , gnaggle . ’ |
| 5 | But er I wish some of the other tenants in this block would back me up and do something about it , but nobody will ! |
| 6 | The bus would catch me up about halfway . ’ |
| 7 | I wonder if the doc can patch me up too — he 's my mate , he is ! |
| 8 | It had been advised by my doctor that a year 's holiday in another land would build me up , as I had grown too quickly and had , as the phrase goes , " overgrown my strength " . |
| 9 | Bernie said my sciatica would play me up and rule me out . |
| 10 | So in summary there are three , three little erm weights in the balance here as far as er as far as I 'm concerned , and all three weights in the balance would shut me up completely . |
| 11 | This grub would set me up for forty-eight hours at least . |