Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] up as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the instrumental numbers were so relaxed , they looked like they were amusing themselves at a family party and when Harry told everyone to stand up as he bopped around the stage in his black silk suit , everyone did as they were told . |
| 2 | Well , Gav and I met up as planned and had an ‘ interesting ’ drive to the match . |
| 3 | I got up as usual at seven o'clock to make Dad his cup of tea and his bread and cheese for dinner . |
| 4 | Well , this was a cue for music and more sherry , and I gave up as Boy Darren wiggled his hips , and my Basil and Jan swapped dressmaking hints . |
| 5 | I stood up as the Sergeant approached . |
| 6 | Along with the rest of the property sector , British Land 's shares have been trading at a considerable discount to its assets per share , and yesterday 's move is an attempt to close the 40 per cent gap which built up as institutions took a dimmer view of the market . |
| 7 | Every conventional wet system takes in small amounts of fresh water from time to time , and these introduce a fresh supply of mineral salts , which build up as scale deposits in the boiler and the system pipework , as well as fresh oxygen , which aids further corrosion . |
| 8 | That was a small percentage which mounted up as Wooler became one of the most successful EASE centres . |
| 9 | Komar instances surging breakers which shape up as though to plunge , but the base of the wave then surges forward and the crest collapses . |
| 10 | Even better , write out your new belief , again and again , until it comes to feel a part of you — and note any thoughts or feelings which come up as you do so . |
| 11 | She doubled up as matron , treating every illness , injury , headache or toothache with determined suspicion , certain in her own mind that the pupil was trying to get away with something . |
| 12 | She doubled up as another pain hit her . |
| 13 | ‘ It — er — depends how — um — busy Barney is , ’ she made up as she went along , and with relief was let off the hook a little while her mother commented on how hard Barney worked , and how , if he could n't take his holiday quite as early as he 'd planned , that perhaps it might be a good idea for Cara to stay touring with her , and maybe take a plane to America from Czechoslovakia . |
| 14 | It 's certainly true that the pressure on you builds up as the terms go on — but training is not designed to destroy you , but to challenge you . |
| 15 | She got up as she saw Ian beckoning from the doorway . |
| 16 | so she got up as well . |
| 17 | She straightened up as Melissa approached , pulled off one of her gardening gloves and combed back her hair with her fingers . |
| 18 | She wakes up as I start moving around and peers at the screen . |
| 19 | Despite the rapid growth of ill feeling between Minton and Vaughan , their home at Hamilton Terrace attracted many visitors , who turned up as and when they wished , some hoping for roast beef at breakfast as Minton frequently began cooking a large joint at eleven o'clock at night . |
| 20 | She glanced up as the secretary put her head round the door . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof . |
| 22 | At the third corpse there was a faint click , and she looked up as the music stopped . |
| 23 | She looked up as he came in , her eyes suddenly shrewd . |
| 24 | She looked up as they entered , her eyes tired but wary . |
| 25 | She looked up as he approached , her eyes pained , her lips pressed together , her mouth strangely hard . |
| 26 | She looked up as Sophie returned , leafing through the pages of the veterinary register . |
| 27 | ‘ You brew up as well as you cook , ’ he said as Robbie poured the fragrant liquid into the large mug he held out . |
| 28 | You dressed up as Lazarus or Frankenstein , or you went as one of your dead relations . |
| 29 | ‘ We thought it was a really good cause , ’ said Mrs Cowper , who dressed up as Grotbags . |
| 30 | Peter Gabriel 's commitment to world music is well known : here the political elements in his work , usually understated , were pushed well forward so that you wound up as moved by his concern as by his skill . |