Example sentences of "you [verb] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where the hell did ye drag thaim up frae ? |
| 2 | ‘ It is not easy playing game after game even for fit players it becomes a chore and you tend to pick up knocks . |
| 3 | Indemnity policies protect the lender , not the borrower , so if you failed to keep up mortgage payments and the house had to be sold for less than your outstanding debt , the insurance company would pay the lender the difference , but might sue you for that amount ! |
| 4 | Routers soon pay for themselves if you intend to make up mortise and tenon or other joints . |
| 5 | There may not be much room in the house you are sharing with your parents for a baby , perhaps , or he may be worried about money if you intend giving up work . |
| 6 | ‘ You want to blow up France and everyone knows it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't know you 'd taken up cookery ! |
| 8 | Slowly , you begin to build up confidence , learn to sidestep up the slope and slide cautiously down keeping your skis evenly apart . |
| 9 | Do you like picking up worms ? |
| 10 | Would you like sit up Molly ? |
| 11 | Never once said would you like to come up Macrows . |
| 12 | Is that where you get blow up things from ? |
| 13 | And you decided to take up floristry because you saw a course advertised in a magazine ? ’ |
| 14 | When your heart is beating sufficiently fast , the next time you try to pick up Wilma she 'll follow you home ( wish that technique still worked today , it 'd make my life much easier ) . |
| 15 | However you look at it , horses are extremely expensive to keep and even the initial outlay of buying the animal pales into insignificance when you start to add up feed , shoeing and vets ' bills , insurance , tack , transport and livery or rent if you do n't own your own facilities — the list seems endless . |
| 16 | And no , before either of you start making up theories , I did n't take him into the bedroom . |
| 17 | and you got your points in , I mean you asked whether it was worthwhile , you did that very well actually er and you were good on reminding the prospect why you were actually asking for recommendations , probably a little bit weak after that point although you did , you , you picked up again , there were , there were points we 're looking for you did pick up referrals mentioned earlier . |
| 18 | That 's that 's the way we do fractions that 's the way you do adding up fractions or taking away fractions you change them to the same . |
| 19 | Are you hoping to take up art after you leave school ? |
| 20 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 21 | But as Mrs Charley says : ‘ When you 've given up holidays and worked on a budget as tight as ours then you have to believe in miracles . ’ |
| 22 | You 've ended up dossing-down with a man who 's as limp as a plucked dandelion and who 'll probably snore like a hedgehog . ’ |
| 23 | You mean when you 've tucked up Mallachy into his bed ! ’ |
| 24 | Just because you 've run up $100,000 on the meter you think you own me . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've grown up sweetie . |
| 26 | And you 've dredged up pieces of rock ? |
| 27 | ‘ Now you 've woken up Mamma , and I do n't believe you need to go again . |
| 28 | Do n't plough on until you 've picked up supplies . |
| 29 | You 've come up trumps , Derek . |
| 30 | I thought you had given up drawing-rooms entirely . ’ |