Example sentences of "up and [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are not ! ’ she protested , locking her wrists together when her hands seemed about to flutter up and cover those very eyes from his probing gaze . |
| 2 | They will also take up and re-lay loose floor coverings and pack and unpack fragile items such as glass and china . |
| 3 | In fact he had lost his nerve and was too shy to go up and knock on the door . |
| 4 | Bishop West arrived back in Rangoon on 9th July to find that army chaplains and volunteer workers from the forces were hard at work to clean up and restore the cathedral , which had been used throughout the occupation as a factory for sauce and saki . |
| 5 | The agents enable NetSecure to back up and restore local Macintosh and Unix workstation and hard drives , where previous versions enabled only Macintosh and Unix files stored on the server to be backed up and restored . |
| 6 | Epoch Systems Inc , has released EpochBackup , software backup systems for Unix-based network environments : designed to automatically back up and restore files it also incorporates disaster recovery , library management and hierarchical storage management . |
| 7 | The scriptwriters should take note of our FUN FORTNIGHT include a few more comical characters who can lighten up and shake off all these severe scenarios . |
| 8 | In deep water the travelling wave may be only a few feet high : but on those rare occasions when such waves reach shallow water , or coastlines , they can rear up and explode with fearful consequences . |
| 9 | ‘ She still had the four walls , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ and things to dust and wash up and hide from burglars . |
| 10 | In some cases this may be a result of parental pressure and an earlier lack of encouragement to grow up and exercise adult autonomy . |
| 11 | And because patients can get up and exercise right after the operation , the muscles never have a chance to stiffen up . ’ |
| 12 | Well that 'll make them sit up and think that 's for sure |
| 13 | I 've had some weird dreams , I used to wake up and think wow that was a dream . |
| 14 | If you are using wood as a continuous work surface , introduce some variety ; let in a square of marble or ceramic tile for making pastry ; surround your sink with stainless steel , tile or plastic laminate rather than wood , which tends to lift up and warp . |
| 15 | Making up the slings of timber ready for Tiny Bennion 's crane to pick up and dump on the wharf . |
| 16 | I saw Sam sit up and ease the pressure , and copied him immediately , none too soon for my taxed muscles and speed-starved lungs . |
| 17 | He also gave a firm pledge to ‘ build up and cherish ’ the National Health Service — which Labour had made one of its central campaign themes . |
| 18 | Indeed , wages only began to catch up and threaten a widening wage/price spiral in 1973 . |
| 19 | All the kids found it highly amusing when I had to climb up and fetch her . |
| 20 | This enables anyone to look up and inspect the patent specification to determine its scope . |
| 21 | Maxim wished he had made the call himself even if George had had to look up and dial the number for him . |
| 22 | Erm all that remains is to say thank you all for taking the trouble to turn up and show an interest in the administration of the society . |
| 23 | It is only then that I can get up and interpose myself between his wet shirtfront and the sink , where the suds soak into my lower back . |
| 24 | I just thought I 'd come up and lend a hand . |
| 25 | In reality they should have been dumbfounded and embarrassed , wishing the floor would open up and swallow them . |
| 26 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |
| 27 | She groaned inaudibly , and wished the deck would open up and swallow her . |
| 28 | Now she had got them she just wanted the earth to open up and swallow her . |
| 29 | Her father cleared his throat , her mother looked flustered and Rachel wished the ground would open up and swallow her . |
| 30 | And he , for his part , was feeling so euphoric that instead of shouting to his son to get up and stir his stumps , he had actually gone in there and put the envelope on Adam 's bedside table . |