Example sentences of "up and [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact he had lost his nerve and was too shy to go up and knock on the door . |
| 2 | Making up the slings of timber ready for Tiny Bennion 's crane to pick up and dump on the wharf . |
| 3 | Anyway , you know I have my good days and when I do I like to get up and sit by the fire for a while . ’ |
| 4 | When in the grip of writer 's block I might stand up and walk to the window and look out . |
| 5 | To sail at speed , enabling the board to rise up and travel across the water surface rather than pushing the water aside and sailing through it . |
| 6 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |
| 7 | He needs excellent standing balance and selective leg movements to stand up and step into the bath , and even then he may need handrails on either side for stability and safety . |
| 8 | Maybe you 'll have to wait up and pay for a cab to bring them home . |
| 9 | Through the open door Philip saw Jack drive up and stop outside the gate . |
| 10 | But her assessment of my ability to stand up and shout in a crisis is pretty much a front . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'll not sell up and go into a Home , that 's for sure , ’ said his Dad . |
| 12 | Several times during the night he was forced to get up and go into the kitchen for a glass of water . |
| 13 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 14 | I just worked it out , do you know that was handled five times , those beet , because Pam used to go up and loosen with the plough , and then we come behind and pull it . |
| 15 | An unmarked Ford Escort pulled out from the kerb slow enough to give me plenty of time to ease up and reach for the horn . |
| 16 | P. A. I got called as a witness in a motoring case , and it came up when I was on nights and I had to get up and call in the solicitor . |
| 17 | See about getting some people to come up and help with the harvest next week . |
| 18 | I was going to jump up and look in the trailer while it was tipping . |
| 19 | You both need to follow up and follow through the plan you agreed upon . |
| 20 | People ca n't even come up and ask for an autograph . |
| 21 | More often Hanka Zborowska switched the lights off and they pretended to be out so that Modigliani would not come up and ask for an advance on the next day 's work . |
| 22 | If she could be sure Miguel was there , she could walk up and ask for the jeep . |
| 23 | and she 'd draw up and come in the church , in the shop yard there and I used to , when I got home she 'd be hot , you see . |
| 24 | You had to grow up and get into the lycée to have half a chance with him . |
| 25 | I mean , it 's , it 's , I really do feel on these tendency to come on all the reports , I think we want , I think we want to hear that jobs and wages will undoubtedly go up , it 's erm this is absolutely inevitable that wages will go up and rise in the situation . |
| 26 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 27 | And , quite frankly , I think that that women these days have very little time in which to indulge themselves in their own hobbies and interests , and I think women should stand up and say to the government , no you will not inflict this responsibility upon us ! |
| 28 | We were always rather intrigued with their eagerness and how they all seemed to pick up and wallow in the atmosphere of this period when it was very trying for the squadron commander if he was not on the evening . |