Example sentences of "and [vb base] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fill their lungs to capacity , and change up to 90 per cent of the air with each breath , whereas humans only fill one-eighth of lung volume on an average breath . |
| 2 | The little hen worked all day getting moss and wood and bind up those |
| 3 | Collegians grabbed a late consolation try from Michael Dorrity , but their lack of pace and bulk up front probably means they are facing a long hard season . |
| 4 | Put your hands over your ears and sit up until your elbows touch your knees . |
| 5 | It is 60 years since Neville Cardus memorably called Horovitz ‘ the greatest pianist alive or dead ’ ; and even today , when there is a six-deep queue of virtuosos that , laid end to end , would stretch halfway round the world , his playing is something to make the listener gasp and sit up . |
| 6 | They would n't work properly , but she managed to flip herself over and sit up . |
| 7 | Come and sit up here now . |
| 8 | Then you go back and sit up there . |
| 9 | Go and sit up at the table erm Christopher . |
| 10 | You ask for a chair and four telephone directories and rig up an impromptu table near the only plug — and ask all your prospective clients to turn their heads around . |
| 11 | The Angel of Death looks in and he says : ‘ You 've got five minutes to get your clean nightdress on , and arrange your effects , and put the cat out , and tear up that compromising letter , and then I 'll be back for you . ’ |
| 12 | PV the number of pages per volume for paper and microfilm up to a maximum of 9999 , in this format : |
| 13 | Other repetitive abnormal behaviour exhibited by deprived horses includes swinging the head and neck up and down , or from side to side , and the extension of this habit into the stable vice of weaving . |
| 14 | ‘ The brent [ German brand = burned ] goose looks as if it has stuck its head and neck up a chimney and emerged sooty black — although with a little of its ‘ clerical collar ’ still clean . |
| 15 | Cut in a tee at this point , and connect up the new runs . |
| 16 | But he then had to get across the gully and connect up the wires to brin' this lot down on top of us . ’ |
| 17 | and connect up with rails as well as . |
| 18 | Faced with a family mutiny , he decided to pack it in and sell up . |
| 19 | But the only thing that our Margaret could come up with , was why should I , why should I leave me home and sell up , she said , when all my life , he 's had money from the house . |
| 20 | This time we planned to take in two other Munros on the northern ridge of the corrie , Carn Liath and Stob Poite Coire Ardair , before dropping down to the window and back up on to Creag Meagaidh 's vast plateau . |
| 21 | We now retrace our steps to Ponta do Sol and back up onto the road and continue along to Canhas . |
| 22 | ‘ There could be a problem with conflicts of interest at the top , ’ she says , ‘ while at the bottom end of the scale there is a question about experience and back up . ’ |
| 23 | When the suggestion of a flight along the whole coastline of South Devon and Cornwall , stopping perhaps for a cream tea at Land 's End , and back up along North Cornwall , Devon and Somerset was made , it struck me as a perfect combination of scenic beauty and very little flight planning . |
| 24 | LONGER THAN the longest dusty trail , The Mekons ' history stretches back to punk rock primitivism and back up to date with C&W-flavoured pop that has gained them a pant-moistening popularity with the critics Stateside and a curiosity corner popularity in Britain . |
| 25 | Just in case he met any of the Springall household he went down Friday Street , turning into Bread Street and back up St Mary Le Bow . |
| 26 | Theda gasped , glancing down at her hurting hand and back up to find a malevolent twist in the old lady 's wasted features . |
| 27 | The research will involve theoretical development and both econometric work and back up case study analysis . |
| 28 | Put it on the ground and back up . ’ |
| 29 | LONGER THAN the longest dusty trail , The Mekons ' history stretches back to punk rock primitivism and back up to date with C&W-flavoured pop that has gained them a pant-moistening popularity with the critics Stateside and a curiosity corner popularity in Britain . |
| 30 | We carried a medical team with vehicles and back up for the medical team . |