Example sentences of "we [vb past] [to-vb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | we happened to go up the stair and er , the door was answered |
| 2 | As we began to pick up the threads of life in the south once more I found that in my absence from the cutter scene a brand new purpose-built cutter Venturous was operating with great success . |
| 3 | After some discussion we decided to hold up the cheque for a day or two instead of refusing it , while I made some informal inquiries . |
| 4 | On arrival Rick and I walked around the lake and chose two likely looking swims towards the bottom end near the dam where we proceeded to set up the carp rods . |
| 5 | When we left to set up the course the total had crept up to about 30 . |
| 6 | I , I er , o we had to get the ladders we had to go up the ladders did n't we ? |
| 7 | We had to weigh up the bid which the managers put forward against outside bids and they 're never in exactly the same terms . |
| 8 | But first we had to heat up the tyre in the oven we 'd built on purpose to do this . |
| 9 | That meant the tyre would be that amount smaller than the actual wheel , so we had to heat up the tyre to expand it in order to get it on to the rim . |
| 10 | We had to write up the parrot sketch in English and this French translated in French for us . |
| 11 | I mean I could understand when we had to climb up the belt which was damn dangerous , but now we 've altered all that . |
| 12 | He says Oxford is a wonderland we wanted to sum up the traditional image with dreaming spires and punting on the Cherwell . |