Example sentences of "up and [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had happened was that O had been at home , not sleeping , thinking about Boy at six in the morning , and he had called up and said , ‘ Are you watching TV , ’ to which Boy had replied , as the man had heard , ‘ Yes , ’ and then O had told Boy to turn over to the boxing ; he 'd just said , ‘ Get up and change to the third channel . |
| 2 | Lucien stood up and walked to the front edge of the roof . |
| 3 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 4 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 5 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 6 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 7 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 8 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 9 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 10 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 11 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 12 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 13 | Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it . |
| 14 | The unpaid interest is rolled up and added to the total debt . |
| 15 | Shoot the bird to wake it up and switch to the straight-up bullets . |
| 16 | Then she stands up and crosses to the other armchair . |
| 17 | The way in which Aquitaine was divided up and alloted to the northern kingdoms may owe much to the nature of the Frankish conquest of the area in the first three decades of the sixth century ; but that is a topic on which we have scarcely any information . |
| 18 | Apart from a daughter who was believed to be barren he had no other near kin living and in a state of acute depression he determined to sell up and go to the Holy Land . |
| 19 | This is an unpleasant discovery which may shock you into giving up and returning to the relative comfort of Stage 1 . |
| 20 | Suddenly she thought how ridiculous they all looked dressed up in their best clothes and squabbling like children ; and feeling quite calm she drew herself up and turned to the Portuguese gentleman . |