Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [noun] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should he tax the Hungarian with it next time they met , or keep his knowledge up his sleeve ? |
| 2 | If possible , try to relax , lie down or put your feet up , until the worst of the symptoms are over . |
| 3 | ‘ Or stop looking and make their minds up they 're better off single , ’ said Preston 's , who thought monogamy had its drawbacks , too . |
| 4 | I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up |
| 5 | As you approach St Catherine 's Point and make your way up towards the Needles you 'll fully appreciate the true beauty of this much lonelier west and south section . |
| 6 | The tour set for twelve to eighteen months starting in summer 1993 and sales of a catalogue with colour reproductions of Barnes works , are expected to bring in funds for renovating the foundation 's gallery building and bringing its operations up to modern standards . |
| 7 | Go and pick them shoes up and then go to . |
| 8 | Go and pick your dice up . |
| 9 | One , keen to express himself through hard work , sees that his only choice is to ‘ better myself and pick my life up . |
| 10 | She stands up and rubs her body up against me , stroking my still mostly limp cock . |
| 11 | They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station . |
| 12 | Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed . |
| 13 | Talbot stepped across the two gunwales — they were almost exactly of a height — and made his way up to the bridge . |
| 14 | We gathered my scattered things together and made our way up to Claro leaving dribbles of wet in our wake . |
| 15 | We landed at East Watergate and made our way up into Knight Rider Street . |
| 16 | We disembarked and made our way up a gravel path , through the gatehouse and into the guest room . |
| 17 | We hid our disgust and made our way up to the main door where the ever-benevolent Doctor Agrippa was waiting for us . |
| 18 | So it was a case there , and course at the end of the day you rolled the little roll up , put elastic round and stood them up in a file and they stood there like little soldiers and you could always go back to the actual time , sometimes you found a man had n't re erm signed on , he 'd just gone and joined his bus up in town centre , well you , that was er subject of another letter . |
| 19 | And he he 's always the first one that 'll eat up his dinner and got his hand up ready for seconds ! |
| 20 | She put the hairbrush down and began to pull hideous faces in the glass , pulling the corners of her eyes down with her forefingers and squashing her nose up with her thumbs so that she looked like an insane pug dog . |
| 21 | It had stopped munching away in its stall , pricked up its ears and jerked its head up and down at the powerful voice of the world-famous soprano . |
| 22 | He reached down and grabbed her hair and snatched her head up . |
| 23 | I go and top my glass up . |
| 24 | With a smooth swoop , he caught hold of both her hands and drew her arms up above her head , holding them on the pillows behind her , sliding his free hand beneath her hips , lifting her with one strong , determined movement to meet the invading male power of his body . |
| 25 | Jackson put the phone down , swung round on to the bed and drew his feet up until he was sitting cross-legged . |
| 26 | He felt weak and drew his knees up to his chest to contain his body warmth . |
| 27 | The Doctor sat on one of the medlab 's empty diagnostic beds , and drew his legs up into the lotus position . |
| 28 | I laughed and thrashed my hand up and down on the arm of my chair in an ecstasy of amusement . |
| 29 | They would never stay in my bedroom very long , but you can imagine my excitement each lunchtime as I watched them arrive in the garden , enter the house and quack their way up to me , as regular as clockwork . |
| 30 | Ngo Van Dong stumbled to his feet and helped his brother up quickly at the approach of the squat figure of Phat , the overseer of their barrack . |