Example sentences of "i [vb infin] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 2 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 3 | The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ? |
| 4 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 5 | and the other is , why should I clear up the mess that this guy 's made . |
| 6 | I 'm over 40 , so how can I firm up a sagging bustline ? |
| 7 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 8 | Now then , how do I set up the board ? |
| 9 | How could I pass up a chance of hiring the most beautiful bargee in the solar system ? ’ |
| 10 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 11 | Why ca n't I pick up the phone and say , Come on , darling ? |
| 12 | Shall I turn up the light ? " |
| 13 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 14 | Miss can you help me set up a microscope please ? |
| 15 | David 's been helping me set up the I 've , I 've just bought myself a three eight six . |
| 16 | A very dark bird nearby makes me put up the 'scope again and I am surprised to find it is a common scoter , not at all common in Whalfirth Voe . |
| 17 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 18 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 19 | ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh . |
| 20 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 21 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |