Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] up in a " in BNC.

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1 You 're supposed to curl it up in a , in a erm in a brush when you blow dry it you know .
2 ‘ He wanted to set me up in a flat he said he owned .
3 ‘ If only I had the means to set you up in a house where I could visit you . ’
4 In my imagination , I was going to pick you up in a fury of emotion , toss you down on that bed — ’
5 Patrick was studying medicine , and it was her wish to set him up in a practice of his own one day .
6 The aim was to separate the individual membership section of the Party from the unions and to set it up in a relationship reminiscent of that with the ILP before 1932 .
7 They provided my family and I with currency exchange at competitive rates , advice on aeroplane repairs , free landing and hangarage , free overnight accommodation — and even organised on-the-spot Customs clearance when a friend came to pick us up in a twin the following morning .
8 This was a slow process , for Tom had to keep stopping to explain what the words meant , and several times had to look them up in a dictionary .
9 A{ declaration } is defined in BNF as : Using the " translate and test " instruction , show how a program could be written to check any character string against this definition , and extract the{ ident } s in order to look them up in a dictionary .
10 He 'd like to shut me up in a box for the next two years .
11 The overlap area is difficult , and it is therefore better to insist on the rigorous separation of the two methodological approaches than to mix them up in a compromise , or to treat one as logically more worthy of respect than the other .
12 Yeah , I 'm going to ring them up in a moment and tell them I object to some of the advertisements , particularly for drugs that they 're advertising .
13 The better nurserymen pride themselves on their packing , so much so that they often advise you to leave the plants in the packing when planting is delayed , and to lay them up in a cool garage or shed .
14 " No , we 're busy , I 'll get someone to take you up in a minute . "
15 She wo n't be allowed to bring them up in a series of bed and breakfasts , and they wo n't give her a council flat or help her pay for somewhere private .
16 That you are going to bring him up in a … in a laboratory ?
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