Example sentences of "i had [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had made up a sort of flattened octopus-like creature , with electrically lit eyes , which we stretched out onto a frame and placed in a shallow trough of water so that it was only just submerged . |
| 2 | He turned left down an alley without indicating and I had to carve up a Volvo with Swedish number plates in order to follow him . |
| 3 | And I 'm a very keen golfer and I had built up a reputation erm by playing in open tour open tournaments and meeting professionals and |
| 4 | ‘ By the time I was just 22 , I had run up a clothes debt of nearly £4,000 ’ |
| 5 | And so you , you , you I had stepped up a bit in , in in rank , I 'm a but erm there was being , on the social side course being next to the Sir Robert Peel , when we went down there , it was quite handy although I 'm not a drinking man , I never have been , I 'll go and socialize and I 'll have half a pint or two halves but I 'd never I 've never been one to go out drinking . |
| 6 | I had given up a good job to go there and when I came back after the adventure I had looked forward to for so long , I was very disappointed with myself . |
| 7 | This morning I had to connect up a video for Caroline to use and all the leads , every single lead we 've got , to connect any machine to any machine , were all bundled in like a load missing , and it took me what , five minutes to find the right leads and connect the machines up . |
| 8 | I had lit up a cigarette on leaving aunt 's house , without realising it . |
| 9 | In My Early Life he says I had picked up a wide vocabulary and a liking for the feel of words fitting and falling into their places like pennies in the slot . |
| 10 | When I had left your house , I had picked up a small bag . |
| 11 | I had picked up a bit of surgery from him , of course , so here I am . |
| 12 | I had picked up a box of letters and was glancing at them , when Frankenstein returned from above and caught me . |