Example sentences of "[coord] they [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I my money l last time and they took up the limit on my cash card . |
| 2 | And they put all those factors together and they weighed up the alternatives and you 've heard some of them already . |
| 3 | Their actual effect was pretty disastrous ; they screwed up the whole culture , and they opened up the island to being overrun by pineapple and sugar plantations . |
| 4 | And he was shouting back to him , but , and then they went up the stair and they called up the stair and I and I do n't know whether it was an affair , the fella that was screaming but he him a mouthful ! |
| 5 | Then it was gone , and they laboured up the slope with me , trussed and helpless . |
| 6 | He caught HIV from a casual encounter , did n't realise and they patched up the row . |
| 7 | Thick slabs of bacon sizzled on a pan that sat by the fire , and they mopped up the fat with grainy bread , washing it down with spring water . |
| 8 | With the professors ' backing , disaffected St Petersburg students tried to set up a " free university " at the beginning of 1862 , but they gave up the attempt after a month when the government arrested a professor for lecturing in a supposedly provocative manner on the upcoming national millennium . |