Example sentences of "[vb base] you [verb] [pers pn] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not wash my hands of you because of your masturbation ; but it is a lowering , weakening habit and I strongly urge you to give it up . |
| 2 | ‘ I want you to pick me up . ’ |
| 3 | Right , what I want you to do , I want you put it up like that |
| 4 | Obviously if you 've got a load that 'll take a whole van load you build it up as high as you can . |
| 5 | But I mean you see her up town though . |
| 6 | A tol tolerably well behaved one would say peasant association , I 've lived here for decades tilling my land , I 've never heard of such a thing before and I have managed to live alright , I advise you to give it up . |
| 7 | So I strongly advise you to swot it up when you get home tonight . |
| 8 | I heard you both the other day raising your voices , I think you stir him up and lead him on . |
| 9 | Erm , what time do you serve it up to ? |
| 10 | Mum , do you want it up |
| 11 | In other words , someone throws down the gauntlet , do you pick it up ? |
| 12 | BELVILLE : But do you yield it up cheerfully , my dear ? |
| 13 | Do you heat them up under the er |
| 14 | Do you like it up there ? |
| 15 | Do you hang them up , or ? |
| 16 | I see you write it up or you draw the pictures ? |
| 17 | Have you written it up yet ? |
| 18 | Have you phoned him up or anything or is he |
| 19 | Have you counted them up so have you ? |
| 20 | Have you looked it up then ? |
| 21 | Okay and have you added yours up ? |
| 22 | The second of them in 21.4–9 recalls in its words of complaint the stories of Exodus 16 and 17 in particular , and also Numbers 11 : ‘ Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? |