Example sentences of "us up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that get us up to a certain distance , but even then that method must fail when you get beyond a certain distance . |
| 2 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 3 | The boats picked us up at a pre-arranged rendezvous and we sped off again to do a foot patrol on the lough shore road . |
| 4 | To keep us all happy and friendly and wanting to work together , I 'd split us up for a while . ’ |
| 5 | I have n't really asked you very many questions so I 'll , I 'll ask you a question which sets us up for a programme we might do in the next series , having discussed the wedding , next the honeymoon ! |
| 6 | ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney . |
| 7 | and these ladies used to tell us all about his and try and bring us up into a clean way of life , which was n't bad , was n't bad at all . |
| 8 | Of how a man might contrive to open a cylinder of phetam , and perhaps set us up as a God-King himself , on a more salubrious world … |
| 9 | He fixed us up with a drink , accommodation and a training session that evening . |
| 10 | An accidental glimpse in a shop window or mirror may bring us up with a jolt . |
| 11 | It takes a Wittgenstein to pull us up with a jolt , by saying that this is like translating a chair — not the word ‘ chair ’ , but a chair — into French . |
| 12 | Crilly fixes us up with a brown powdered lump upon the foil . |
| 13 | Or pay the repair bills when you 've crushed us up against a wall . ’ |
| 14 | He 's fixing us up in a flat , with kitchenette , out Godalming way , a live-in maintenance job . ’ |
| 15 | They provided my family and I with currency exchange at competitive rates , advice on aeroplane repairs , free landing and hangarage , free overnight accommodation — and even organised on-the-spot Customs clearance when a friend came to pick us up in a twin the following morning . |
| 16 | On the day I got out they picked us up in a taxi at the prison and then we went to the hospital to pick him up . |