Example sentences of "i [vb past] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I woke up late afternoon sometime with a funny taste in my mouth . |
| 2 | I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop . |
| 3 | I walked up broad marble steps to a wide front porch screened by pre-cast fretted tiles . |
| 4 | When I was working at a hospice I followed up bereaved people who it was felt might need some support . |
| 5 | By the time 1972 was out I had found a Vets club in join , the VAC as it was called , and I began to pick up something about the scene — where to find the minor races , who to go to for training advice , the way to use blocks and how to seek out physios for repair purposes — and I took up steady training . |
| 6 | ‘ I gave up front-line politics , yes . ’ |
| 7 | Myself , I gave up digging years ago , with far less excuse , except that here , two inches down and you 're into rock . |
| 8 | But I picked up glandular fever and liver trouble in Italy that winter and I was still at home on sick leave when the whole thing finished . |
| 9 | Nick was saying to Marjorie , ‘ I picked up poor Emmie in the town . |
| 10 | I picked up reasonable speed and had just about regained my composure when a hand appeared on my left shoulder from behind ! |
| 11 | One after another I picked up other stones and began to marvel at the diversity and beauty of them , that I had never noticed before . |