Example sentences of "up take the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Get Richie Quick ! , the hero 's ex-wife Lola asks him to find some missing family documents and turns out to be setting him up to take the blame for a series of axe murders she 's been committing since she was six years old . |
| 2 | An audible ripple of laughter went round the court room as Brown denied vehemently that he had been ‘ set up to take the rap for the footballer ’ . |
| 3 | He was born in abject poverty with a family history of madness , yet grew up to take the world by storm . |
| 4 | He leapt up to take the mug from her shaking hand . |
| 5 | ‘ He gently lifted my body up to take the weight off my wing and then freed me from the trap . |