Example sentences of "i [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I back up the line I had to go . |
| 2 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |
| 3 | I made up the difference out of my own money . ’ |
| 4 | So 38×84″ was my conclusion and I made up the stretchers . |
| 5 | Trevor was not the sort of fellow who said , ‘ For art 's sake have I broken up the bar . ’ |
| 6 | I bring up the others , cooling all the while , before we flounder over to the descent rake and back to the house . |
| 7 | I bring up the subject of music . |
| 8 | Nathan and I bring up the rear , and soon we are alone , with Nathan buried beneath the nylon sledge cover . |
| 9 | ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’ |
| 10 | And then I goes up the shute . |
| 11 | A couple of grey and white winter-plumage black guillemots — called tysties in Shetland — complete the picture , and I wind up the window and move on . |
| 12 | I rode up the Via Pendo and I saw one . |
| 13 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 14 | go I pick up the accent . |
| 15 | I pick up the phone . |
| 16 | I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office . |
| 17 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 18 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 19 | I pick up the gun and pocket it . |
| 20 | I pick up the receiver . |
| 21 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 22 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 23 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 24 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 25 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 26 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 27 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 28 | So prolific was my perspiration I steamed up the viewfinder , and I imagine my acquaintance now possesses a fine set of prints featuring the edge of my thumb and some clouds . |
| 29 | I got up the anchor , rowed what I estimated to be about five yards , and then let go the anchor again , and peered ahead . |
| 30 | I zipped up the flaps , not daring to show my anger . |