Example sentences of "[vb -s] up and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sea heaps up and white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along the direction of the wind . |
| 2 | He straightens up and salutes Fairfax . |
| 3 | Heavily , and with unpractised movements , it straightens up and tries to look courtly , attentive and willing . |
| 4 | Because nothing in his work stands up and says : Look at me , look how true , beautiful , profound , etc . |
| 5 | In the UK in the year to come , Joe Public will continue to pay the price ( perhaps with his life ) until he is a better citizen and stands up and protests enough about it . |
| 6 | He reaches into his bag , brings out a sandwich , then stands up and inspects it is the projector beam to see what it contains . |
| 7 | She lifts her eyebrows at me and then stands up and goes over to the sink . |
| 8 | It seems not , for Philip Swallow immediately removes his hand , stands up and moves to the window . ’ |
| 9 | Vic dismisses the meeting and , as the men file out , stands up and stretches . |
| 10 | If any Member wishes to object , he simply stands up and says ‘ object ’ . |
| 11 | The Speaker calls upon the Minister in charge who merely stands up and nods . |
| 12 | When the time comes , the Minister stands up and moves ‘ that the Bill be now read a second time ’ . |
| 13 | Pitt stands up and asks if I want a full tour of the house . |
| 14 | He stands up and extends his hand . |
| 15 | He stands up and mimes throwing a spear . |
| 16 | She stands up and rubs her body up against me , stroking my still mostly limp cock . |
| 17 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 18 | He stands up and taps on the table for silence , intending to announce this new discovery , in the hope that it will cause yet more laughter , and increase his reputation for honesty still further . |
| 19 | And er , later of course , he became the American Ambassador of Vienna , so Freud met him , but so , so , Bullett had a personal stake in this , but I must admit , er my own view was , was rather to admire Bullett for his stand , because it 's a rare politician who stands up and says look , you know , we 've been there , having made promises , we 've broken all of them , and we ought to resign , or you ought to resign . |
| 20 | He stands up and starts threatening Paul with an imaginary cattle prod . |
| 21 | Then she stands up and crosses to the other armchair . |
| 22 | Nobody stands up and says that we should n't be in the business at all , we should get rid of all of them , so all the argument about how many . |
| 23 | Erm , what happens of course , is th that the lecture is brilliantly delivered , er , but , but , what happens is he , the chauffeur finishes two minutes early and the chairman , being excellent as a Chairperson , actually says , we have time for just one question , and er , someone stands up and asks the most dreadful question from the audience , and er , the chauffeur listens to the question , thinks , and th then says , that 's questions very easy , very easy indeed , that question is so easy , I 'm going to ask my chauffeur who is sitting at the back of the room |
| 24 | So get to your posts and open those guys ’ heads up and eat ! |
| 25 | This file is only read when LIFESPAN starts up and so changes that are made while LIFESPAN is running will not take effect until LIFESPAN is stopped and restarted . |
| 26 | The second precaution is to pull each of the bridle rings up and away from the sail before positioning the cross-spar first into the centre ferrule with the spar beneath all the bridle lines It is most important that the lines which we will call ‘ B ’ and ‘ C ’ as in the drawings , are free and not in any way tangled with either the leading , edge vinyl , spine fitting or the cross-spar Otherwise the bridle setting and consequent flight performance will be sadly deformed ! |
| 27 | ‘ She rings up and complains to James that she has n't any money and she wants this and she wants that . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't like to say ‘ I do n't know ’ if [ my supervisor ] rings up and asks ‘ What 's going on at so-and-so ? ’ ‘ said one field man . |
| 29 | Briefing sessions on the new , new kit for full-time officials we think these should be extended to branch secretaries as well because if a person rings up and advi asks for advice , he ca n't get that advice , it shows the union up in bad light . |
| 30 | Somebody rings up and says there 's a bomb that does n't matter how much security you 've got , you 've obviously got to clear the building . |