Example sentences of "and [verb] up on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good agency interviewer will look through it and pick up on the same gaps and discrepancies which will appear to the job interviewer but will not be looking with any one particular job in mind . |
| 2 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 3 | As the shadows lengthen , the men can be seen standing around with a pint of beer in hand , while mothers keep watchful eyes on the kids and catch up on the latest gossip . |
| 4 | Almost by reflex , McIlvanney and I take a corner table , and open up on the safe territory of swapping recriminations about our country 's lack of respect for the trade . |
| 5 | Gilly dragged a heavy stuffed chair backward to the shelf and climbed up on the very top of its back . |
| 6 | The times of retiring and getting up on the next morning were noted on the diary sheet and marked electronically by pushing the appropriate buttons on the recording unit . |
| 7 | And in addition to that , of course , they have copper , and coming up on the future horizon cobalt , and erm the possibilities of developing tourism on quite a big scale , as they were beginning to do in the nineteen sixties before Amin Amin took over . |
| 8 | This error is like climbing below a col , and coming up on the wrong side of it . |
| 9 | Just nip round to the supermarket now and stock up on the latest in buffet catering . |
| 10 | In Sailors Three ( 1940 , Three Cockeyed Sailors in US ) , Tommy Trinder and his companions get drunk and end up on a German ship which , more by mishap than demon cunning , they occupy and deliver to their commander . |
| 11 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
| 12 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
| 13 | She was n't sure how she 'd got there : like someone who takes an electric shock from a kitchen implement and winds up on the other side of the room . |
| 14 | Change hands , push to where you were sitting , crouch in the middle of the boat and straighten up on the new course . |
| 15 | Right , I 'll , what I 'll do I 'll try and pick up on the local electrician or something . |
| 16 | The old cheese presses which had lain dusty in the stable loft were brought down with difficulty on account of their immense weight and set up on the flagged floor . |