Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] me up [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I had a bath and I thought it 'd warm me up but I was , I was freezing were n't I ? |
| 2 | They 'd ring me up and say , ‘ What 's the also ? ’ |
| 3 | Do you think you could pull me up and then point me in an easterly direction once we 're outside ? |
| 4 | She used to look me up and down as if the Brownie uniform was really nothing to get excited about , and say smugly , ‘ Rainbows wear green Nuforms ! ’ |
| 5 | And it used to fill me up and I 'd |
| 6 | Downs said : ‘ If I said what I really thought about the ref , they would lock me up and throw away the key . ’ |
| 7 | There were some weekends when he would phone me up and ask if he could come round because he 'd thought of something new for me to do , and he 'd jump into his car and come all the way just to give me a new inflection on a word ! ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Bernie said my sciatica would play me up and rule me out . |
| 10 | But er I wish some of the other tenants in this block would back me up and do something about it , but nobody will ! |
| 11 | And soon it will catch me up and I 'll be bloodsuckled and toothpluckled and stonechuckled and chewed up into tiny pieces , and then the Spittler will spit me out in a cloud of smoke and that will be the end of me ! ’ |