Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I gave up hope of ever seeing my Mom again , and stealing a penny from beneath a milk bottle , bought a platform ticket and stowed away in the goods wagon of a train bound — I thought — for Sheffield and my beloved Grandfather . |
| 2 | Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid . |
| 3 | Perhaps I ring up Irena and say you need more French ? |
| 4 | So I called up Mah Muse and I tried to bribe |
| 5 | So I rang up Conrad Black 's secretary for an invitation . |
| 6 | When I got home I looked up Fauré in the Oxford Companion . |
| 7 | Here I snap up Levi 's for the price of lesser brands , and those for even less . |
| 8 | So I rang the hospital and told them very calmly that we 'd be arriving shortly , then I woke up Tony and — thinking I had loads of time — ran a bath . ’ |
| 9 | That means that in addition to walking up the hill with my hands in my pockets , sometimes I scramble up rocks using my hands . |