Example sentences of "up and [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it was fine , I thought right get up and get them bloody curtains washed , I had 'em on the line , but do you think our Mike noticed them , well when he came home from work , because I thought of having to put 'em back up again , I just |
| 2 | Correctionalist criminologists , of all varieties , join all the other agents of social control that capitalism utilises to patch itself up and keep its exploitative machinations justified and operational . |
| 3 | I recall how he used to tell the story of the three pigs : when the wolf ate the pigs who 'd built their houses of straw and twigs , my father would gather me up and rub his bristly face against mine , saying , ‘ Gnaggle , gnaggle , gnaggle . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better , ’ said Joe , who thought it wiser to help her get up and fight her hard luck than to harp on it . |
| 5 | ‘ Just shut up and pass me that apple . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Get up and make us some tea . |
| 7 | A toddler I know refers to me as ‘ English aunt ’ — even if he does mix it up and call my male friend ‘ foreign aunt ’ too . |
| 8 | It is as difficult for beginners ( except perhaps those of exceptional ability ) as other professions are ; many give up and leave it each year . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , when I 'm grown up and have my own place , you know , my cottage , I could ask you there , ’ Eve said earnestly . |
| 10 | pick you up and meet you one evening . |
| 11 | Dr George Carey called on parents to accept responsibility for the way their children grow up and give them moral guidance . |
| 12 | Of course , there are changes in the public sector , changes in organisation — indeed government finds it an almost irresistible temptation to tinker with its machinery , merge departments , break them up and give them new titles . |
| 13 | Instantly recognisable by its overt blackcurranty flavour , but there 's noticeable tannin to firm it up and give it some structure . |
| 14 | ‘ Come up and see us some time , ’ they wrote , dangling as bait the finest toasties West of the A1 . |