Example sentences of "you [vb base] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not easy playing game after game even for fit players it becomes a chore and you tend to pick up knocks . |
| 2 | Routers soon pay for themselves if you intend to make up mortise and tenon or other joints . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ You want to blow up France and everyone knows it . ’ |
| 5 | Slowly , you begin to build up confidence , learn to sidestep up the slope and slide cautiously down keeping your skis evenly apart . |
| 6 | Is that where you get blow up things from ? |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And no , before either of you start making up theories , I did n't take him into the bedroom . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | You mean when you 've tucked up Mallachy into his bed ! ’ |
| 15 | Just because you 've run up $100,000 on the meter you think you own me . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've grown up sweetie . |
| 17 | And you 've dredged up pieces of rock ? |
| 18 | ‘ Now you 've woken up Mamma , and I do n't believe you need to go again . |
| 19 | Do n't plough on until you 've picked up supplies . |
| 20 | You 've come up trumps , Derek . |
| 21 | ‘ Have you come to pick up Honecker 's luggage ? ’ |
| 22 | So , does that mean , since you have given up painting , that you associate painting with stupidity ? |
| 23 | You show them these , and then you have to put up barriers to stop them volunteering in their thousands , yes ? " |
| 24 | It goes creeping round and you have to pick up numbers in order |
| 25 | When you have picked up stitches , for example to knit on a neckband , or when picking up to make a sideways knitted front band , if the edge is a bit rough it is a very good idea to bring the needles holding the picked up edges or stitches out to E position before knitting across with the side levers at 0 . |
| 26 | An exception is made if the country in which you have taken up residency has a double tax agreement with the UK ( see below ) . |
| 27 | You have to make up words from the letters that they 've er but in that order . |
| 28 | It 's even worse You have to climb up steps to get out of that station . |