Example sentences of "up and move " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramesh K , who took on the lease two years ago , has sold up and moved out . |
| 2 | I had straightened up and moved aside so that the sun no longer dazzled me and I could see Sweetman properly , and what I saw I did not like . |
| 3 | Her new husband 's job required a move south , and in 1985 Marian left the practice she had built up and moved to Sussex . |
| 4 | He also suggests that it might be a good idea if we move one at a time to avoid a ridiculous crush in the tent ; I should get up and move out , then he will get up and start the fire , then Nathan can get up last . |
| 5 | When the iron ore was worked out the township including the school would pack up and move on . |
| 6 | Neither , therefore , can they get up and move about . |
| 7 | He made the Poles on his territory pay double the level of taxes paid by Germans , encouraged the Poles to sell up and move out and refused to rent out Royal Estates to Poles , declaring that he would rather see Danzig merchants working Pomeranian soil . |
| 8 | Fitting the right lock in the right place will make a thief think twice — he might give up and move on to easier targets . |
| 9 | Sometimes , when he did , he wondered whether , however daunting the operation seemed , he would sell up and move back to London . |
| 10 | People are reportedly being told to pack up and move to California or face having no job to go to . |
| 11 | If it came to it , she would sell up and move away , taking Ben with her . |
| 12 | This was a test of how fast the regiment could pack up and move out to its battle positions , and was supposed to come as a big surprise , but Maxim knew how easy it was to predict . |
| 13 | It is designed as a desktop printer , having a small footprint and being light enough to pick up and move comfortably . |
| 14 | It is designed as a desktop printer , having a small footprint and being light enough to pick up and move comfortably . |
| 15 | It was a relief when they could get up and move back to the sitting-room . |
| 16 | Many specific events also have something of this quality , such as requiring major surgery or needing to sell up and move from one 's home to cover a business loss . |
| 17 | ‘ True , though it 's only a yard with a three-room building , so as soon as possible we shall sell up and move to something bigger . ’ |
| 18 | Why does n't she sell up and move to something smaller ? |
| 19 | Redundancy payments go towards paying off house mortgages , but these miners ca n't then sell up and move . |
| 20 | Maybe Jack was rounding them up and moving them to another field . |
| 21 | German reunification sees Soviet soldiers selling up and moving out , unemployed Vietnamese victimised by Neo Nazi football hooligans and a former secret police training centre transformed into an art house . |
| 22 | A couple of minutes later the night silence outside was broken by the sound of a vehicle , presumably an ambulance , starting up and moving off . |
| 23 | Perhaps a retired person , with no family can honestly say ‘ Right , I 'm selling up and moving to the Isle of Skye . ’ |
| 24 | So , instead of giving up and moving on — as the man interested only in the shooting aspect would do — I now introduce my line ferrets in those situations where loose ferrets remain below the ground . |
| 25 | Midnight was up and moving before Jess had time to collect her wits . |
| 26 | By simply picking up and moving the categories ' names with the mouse I can reverse their positions and totally rebuild the worksheet … |
| 27 | As radio silence was lifted on the company radio net , the Warriors started up and moved out as one . |
| 28 | He wanted to do a Beatle medley and for that we made four cut-out caricatures of The Beatles in hardboard and painted them and then fitted them on frames and easels so that they could be stood up and moved around . |
| 29 | Kathleen looked up and moved her hands , bending the long fingers experimentally at the joints , turning her wrist . |
| 30 | He opened his eyes , got up and moved to the end of Patrick 's bed . |