Example sentences of "up [prep] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so she behind all the way but caught up with her a few metres |
| 2 | Richie caught up with them the next morning . |
| 3 | ‘ You were pretty fed up with me the other night — on the phone . ’ |
| 4 | Before that girl took up with you the most she ever did in her life was get dressed up for church . |
| 5 | His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often . |
| 6 | " She gave up on me a long time ago , but she made sure that my two sons , Charles and Joseph , speak the language of her forebears , and that will stand us in good stead in your colony . " |
| 7 | The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time . |
| 8 | A ferocious-looking man whose tangled hair resembled the roof of his own tent held up to them a rough bowl . |
| 9 | We have to take tough decisions and the sooner we face up to them the better . ’ |
| 10 | He came up to me a few moments ago and said ‘ Do you remember me ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Apart from your flashing eyes and passionate temper , ’ he did n't hesitate to remind her , ‘ you came over anything but frigid when you snuggled up to me the other evening ! ’ |
| 12 | Interesting Pauline at work , she 's ever so hurt , could n't get over it , she came up to me the other day she said , hello , how long has it been we have n't seen one another for two months . |
| 13 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |