Example sentences of "i up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked her to bring me up a pot of tea , and when she had gone , inspected the room further . |
| 2 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
| 3 | That cheered me up a bit . |
| 4 | ‘ Shook me up a bit , that yesterday , ’ he said unexpectedly . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's what I mean , ’ she replied , and , since a lot of his aggressiveness seemed to have faded , she felt able to confess , ‘ It — er — shook me up a bit . ’ |
| 6 | Well , just wrap me up a couple then and I 'll put . |
| 7 | I asked Miss Matlock to bring me up a thermos of soup and a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches at six o'clock . |
| 8 | On another subject could someone who is going to the game pick me up a match programme . |
| 9 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 10 | Event officials bearing lit staffs wave me up a grit track towards this almighty swim . |
| 11 | There 's a large room with en-suite bath I can have , and Brian says he 'll fix me up a kitchenette . |
| 12 | They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others . |
| 13 | It 's cheered me up no end to be reminded that I do have work and a brain and something to do when I 'm allowed up again . ’ |
| 14 | Six foot seven inches of nicest , brightest man on radio , cheers me up no end . |
| 15 | Another mountain of water came , pushed me up the beach , and I fell on the wet sand . |
| 16 | It was that phone call that sent me up the cul-de-sac . |
| 17 | Well can Clay take me up the bingo ? |
| 18 | Some years ago , shortly after I took up climbing , a more experienced Geordie acquaintance was taking me up the Barbican on Castle Rock , Thirlmere . |
| 19 | It shook me up the way the split was done for the 1990 US Open . |
| 20 | She 'll ring me up the day before . ’ |
| 21 | Dad phoned me up the day before and , knowing I was about to go away on holiday , suggested we meet the next night , on the fourth of August . |
| 22 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 23 | I cried out and then more waves came up over my face and … well , just coughing and Bert carrying me up the cliff . ’ |
| 24 | Well Zoe said tell me up the school |
| 25 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 26 | I had murder with [ my GP ] ‘ cos , when I went , I was in a bad way and me mam took me up the doctor 's and he just said : ‘ I wo n't give you methadone . |
| 27 | You got to meet me up the railway . |
| 28 | Great-aunts were sometimes significant : a Scots farmer 's old sister , ‘ very straightlaced … you sat like a mouse ; ’ or the great-aunt of a Portsmouth docker 's daughter , ‘ an old , old lady ’ , who liked to celebrate receiving her weekly pension — ‘ Every weekend , pension day , she had a wee brown jug and she used to send me up the beer shop to get half pint o'stout . |
| 29 | He would probably have halted the advance and ordered me up the front . |
| 30 | so and not only that if Gary meets me up the train station we can go straight into town on our own , leave him with Pat . |