Example sentences of "so [pers pn] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 2 | Then I remembered the location of a luxurious caravan a relative has near Perpignan , so I looked up the guide , and found that there are a number of crags nearby — even better . |
| 3 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 4 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 5 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 6 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 7 | This could have had unfortunate consequences , so we started up the motor and went on towards the beach . |
| 8 | ‘ My lipstick fell out of my bag , you see , and he trod on it — not on the carpet , thank heaven ! — so he picked up the mangled remains and asked if he could get me another . |
| 9 | When he returned from exile , he was fired with the wish to help his country catch up with the advanced industrial countries of the west , so he set up the Czech Industrial Museum in his family brewery . |
| 10 | A Chinaman was suffering terrible toothache , so he phoned up the dentist to make an appointment . |
| 11 | But he was told that he would have to pay rent for the land until the end of time , so he gave up the idea . |
| 12 | Nevertheless he was determined to do his bit , so he gave up the firewood business and went back to the casting shop to make shell cases . |
| 13 | ‘ When I bought this hat , I 'd just had a horrible haircut so it covered up the mistake nicely . ’ |