Example sentences of "you [adv] [verb] up the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | I mean , why have you suddenly brought up the subject of Elise ? ’ |
| 2 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 3 | draw round it , dot dot dot , draw even if you then sketch it without using a straight line , if you just join up the dots freehand , |
| 4 | ‘ I think you just made up the word . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You just made up the word , ’ he tells me , as if that is forbidden . |
| 7 | ‘ With friends , you do n't introduce yourself , there 's no need to ring and say ‘ It 's Tessa here ’ , you just pick up the phone and wail : ‘ I threw up last night , ’ or ‘ I ca n't stand it , he has n't called . ’ |
| 8 | say if it was yourself and father who both were n't well , he would , if you just pick up the phone and say , I 'm running short can I have a b b and he , he brings it round , like you know , j j |
| 9 | Because if you just picked up the phone and and er contacted erm a residential home |
| 10 | You can find this setting by trial and error by getting someone to speak steadily into the microphone while you gradually bring up the mixer level from zero to the point at which the volume , as monitored on headphones , ceases to rise . |
| 11 | Why do n't you ever pick up the freebie papers ? |
| 12 | Battery lamps can be purchased for night use ( from angling or camping shops ) with elastic to tie around your forehead , to keep both hands free when you rapidly haul up the net . |
| 13 | When did you actually give up the the farm as such . |