Example sentences of "up and [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian ( 4.5 ) and David ( 4.2 ) stood them up and played a game with them as rockets going up to the sky . |
| 2 | Well with this stuff , they could n't do that and then they they they their stomach used to get compacted the they they they could n't er could n't er get their cud up and caused a lot of stomach trouble . |
| 3 | He went up and got a bottle of Sasperella he said to me there was two bottles left . |
| 4 | So remember to treat yourselves , perhaps slowly saving up and buying a present for yourself or doing things you enjoy , as rewards for your achievements . |
| 5 | AS YOU WERE reading the last issue of Wood News with your feet up and drinking a cup of hot coffee , John Hill , coupling machine operator at Fireater , was running through the cold , wet weather of Great Yarmouth in training for the London marathon . |
| 6 | Someone crept up and thrust a sword under the back plate of his armour , slicing his spine . ’ |
| 7 | She remembered how she had submerged herself in scented water every day and sometimes twice in the sticky summertime and never would again , until she grew up and had a bathroom of her own . |
| 8 | It 's questions and answers , I do n't know , I 've forgotten , I , I , I only opened it up and had a look at it at Christmas and I thought thirty something pounds for that , a load of rubbish , I do n't know what it is . |
| 9 | The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon . |
| 10 | Michael Swinton straightened up and ran a hand over his rough black head . |
| 11 | She stood up and took a roll of bills out of her purse . |
| 12 | " Certainly , " Aunt Tossie sat up and took a sip from her glass . |
| 13 | He sat up and took a piece of mud-coloured rag out of his pocket and wiped his face . |
| 14 | It was fabulous because King Crimson had such a tremendous sound and such a tremendous image that for them to suddenly stand up and do a lot of Buddy Holly hits with Donovan singing vocals was really cute . |
| 15 | They said Debbie , 33 , jumped up and simulated a striptease to Right Said Fred 's I 'm Too Sexy hit during a party to celebrate this summer 's British Open . |
| 16 | Each recruit had to stand up and sing a song in his own language . |
| 17 | She stood up and extended a hand to Katherine . |
| 18 | 5.2 The Project Manager shall also be responsible setting up and maintaining a mechanism by which operational changes in the Project thought necessary by any of the Parties are submitted to the Project Committee for approval . |
| 19 | I 'd picked Nolan up and made a fool of him . |
| 20 | She got up and made a cup of tea , sitting by her bed to drink it , her face pale and set . |
| 21 | Inside , he ‘ used to make all the mince pies for Christmas ’ , peel the potatoes for Sunday lunch , and every morning make breakfast : ‘ you never had to get up and make a cup of tea of a morning , he 'd get up . |
| 22 | Wilkie — a genius — effortless Firsts — but perhaps still ready to give up and make a career in the theatre . |
| 23 | ‘ I woke up and heard a lot of laughter , ’ said Ollie . |
| 24 | I go up and sit a couple of stairs below my son . |
| 25 | Duncan straightened up and tucked a wrench into the leg pocket of his dungarees . |
| 26 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 27 | Marie 's left a load of mags behind , so I pick one up and have a flick through it . |
| 28 | If I can just open those up and have a couple of samples of . |
| 29 | ring her up and have a word with her and she 'll probably send you a copy of the letter she sent she should have done that . |
| 30 | I like to cheer them up and have a laugh with them . |