Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] up the " in BNC.
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1 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
2 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
3 | It has much improved printer support , though , and with 3D graphs at long last arriving on the Lotus menu , some users will think they 've picked up the wrong spreadsheet ! |
4 | Actually they 've picked up the pace Forest since the goal erm do n't this Leicester are playing anywhere near as well as they were at the time they scored . |
5 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel . |
6 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel . |
7 | But if you 've made up the gain at all , then since it 's residential property , it 's exempt . |
8 | We 've wrapped up the Universe . |
9 | ‘ You 're not going up to your room till you 've washed up the supper things . ’ |
10 | as we can cos of the cost side erm I 'm not happy about the way they 've drawn up the writ because it does n't say precisely wh it does n't say what that invoice says it 's only |
11 | To make them easier to serve , we 've firmed up the mixture with a few fine cake crumbs so that they do n't melt the moment they hit room temperature . |
12 | Er , you know , saying that we 've firmed up the policy now , when erm I think a couple of years we were perhaps somewhere different . |
13 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
14 | ‘ I 've locked up the cottage and when I come back in a couple of days I shall sell up my sister 's belongings . |
15 | If I 've set up the play that leads to goals , that 's OK by me . ’ |
16 | It is being attacked daily by that real group of parasites , the Tory Party , the Tories will no doubt bring in workfare just as soon as they 've softened up the wider public with their slavish friends in the media . |
17 | I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek . |
18 | They , you know , at the back of us they 've blocked up the fences but I do n't know whether she 's got it right , I do n't know . |
19 | We 're putting some money away for e expenses , we 've taken up the option to purchase , we 've put in a planning application for change of use , we investigated possible grant applications , we 're investigating future expenditure and income generation , and then we report back to this committee once . |
20 | She 's been monitoring my progress , since I 've taken up the job again , and she is far from pleased . |
21 | ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer . |
22 | Our competition could be the answer to your problems , as you can lay out the wardrobe interior just as you need it , after you 've put up the wardrobe with the help of the instructions provided . |
23 | ‘ I 've put up the money . ’ |
24 | no , you need n't , need n't take those you got out last Friday , its the earlier one 's of which will be due next week I 'm sure cos they 've put up the prices now , its about ten P every day you have them out . |
25 | ‘ I 'm off now , ’ he continued , ‘ ter meet yer Mum , so when yer 've cleared up the table yer can get ter bed . ’ |
26 | The point is , we 've cleared up the area and it 's safe for children to play and people to go about their business . |