Example sentences of "they [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 31 | As an initial reaction the girls ' parents might have been shocked by what they got up to . |
| 32 | It was er you know they came with a big traction engine and the thrashing mill and then they they got up early in the morning and there was the man that looked after the thrashing mill and fork from the carts onto the onto the mill . |
| 33 | ‘ … well , they got up and left so I thought I 'd clear their glasses as soon as I 'd finished with the man I was serving . |
| 34 | Well we had a old wooden crane aboard the dredger , that was all hand power , that 's just the old wooden derrick and when they got up to the , up to the dock , they had a , cos they had a crane paint with it or a steam crane . |
| 35 | Not now anyway , though God knows what they got up to in the past . |
| 36 | And they all , they got up in the morning and I was n't home still |
| 37 | When asked what they got up to , he had muttered darkly that he knew a thing or two about Muslims and ordered drinks all round . |
| 38 | And they were fitting in their own until they got up and running . |
| 39 | What about the young girl they got up here ? young girl 's here . |
| 40 | They finished their drinks and as they got up from the table Fernando plucked a sprig of jasmine from the pergola . |
| 41 | Nelson had planned to take her to town , but when they got up to the car park he could n't get his car to start . |
| 42 | Then they got up and ate hungrily on the hot porch , then sunbathed in the sweltering heat , lying in each other 's arms on the white beach , talking softly as the sea rippled beyond them . |
| 43 | He says they got up at four in the morning and went to their parishes in all weathers . |
| 44 | and er the children used to play on the banks of the Nile early in the morning when they got up , there was all sand there . |
| 45 | So you knew what they got up to ? ’ |
| 46 | Tizard ( 1977 ) , whilst rightly arguing that new families need to be totally in control of the way they bring up their adopted children , is also prepared to concede that ‘ just as there are some couples willing to adopt handicapped children , others , especially if given the support of other adoptive parents , may be willing to adopt children who retain links with their natural families ’ . |
| 47 | But then they bring up the story of a great uncle who was infected with French ideas and took to drink , and so they insinuate I shall do the same . ’ |
| 48 | The National Children 's Bureau 's parent education and support project identified a number of trends affecting parents in the 1980s ; for example , the pressure on parents as a result of our increasing knowledge of child development and society 's high expectations of the parental role ; the tendency for professionals to undermine parents ' self-confidence with their expertise ; the isolation felt by many parents with young children ; the need for information and knowledge , for social and practice skills , and for self-awareness and understanding of how their values affect the way in which they bring up their children ( Pugh and De'Ath , 1984 ) . |
| 49 | They bring up their kids to hate |
| 50 | They doubled up laughing . |
| 51 | They sell up . |
| 52 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
| 53 | They lent up to 100 per cent of valuation although normally they would ask for a deposit of at least 5 per cent in 1990 . |
| 54 | Everyone made it back to the rendezvous where they laid up for the day , returning in the evening to pick up the SBS group which had managed to deal with the radio station . |
| 55 | They are , what , there , they goes up the Catholic school where your sister 's kids go |
| 56 | Their barrow full they straightened up and turned to push their way towards the road . |
| 57 | So they rode up the Water of Milk , Jardine country , and through the empty Tundergarth Hills to Eskdale , Armstrong territory . |
| 58 | She was proud to be seen with him , and knew they made a picture when they rode up together . |
| 59 | And do they make up verses and things for it ? |
| 60 | ‘ Did they make up all those pictures of blondes , brunettes , redheads , hanging on to your arm ? ’ |