Example sentences of "[adv] up and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gandalf rejects that proposal with particular violence , and at all times discussion of odds or probabilities turns him hard and obstinate : ‘ Still , ’ he said , standing suddenly up and sticking out his chin , while his beard went stiff and straight like bristling wire , ‘ we must keep up our courage . |
| 2 | This has the effect of tipping your centre of gravity enough to sidle round the beast and gain the undercut flake that runs tantalisingly up and left before fizzling out in the centre of the slab . |
| 3 | Win a GEM 2000S tank and REGAL cabinet BRACKISH WATER TANKS … and the fish for them ALL YOUR FISHKEEPING NEEDS ON SALE INSIDE UP AND COMING CATS New catfish and how to keep them TANK DECOR A buyers ' guide FREE ! |
| 4 | When she wakened Ernest was already up and dressed . |
| 5 | Lisa slept like a stone in the big double bed — far comfier than her own bed at home — and awoke to find Emily already up and dressed , pulling on her green rubber wellies . |
| 6 | Carole was already up and dressed . |
| 7 | Next morning , she woke to find him already up and dressed , standing in front of the full-length mahogany mirror in his stark masculine bedroom , tying a dark red silk tie at his throat , his back to her , the silk gleam of his waistcoat yet another symbol of his obsession with power and wealth . |
| 8 | Jenkins , just too old for combat , was the only groom left at Brougham , but he was already up and mucking out the boxes , for he still had six horses to do . |
| 9 | Iris was already up and splashing in the bath . |
| 10 | But Daniel was already up and climbing again , yelling abuse . |
| 11 | Damon was already up and running ; Bodo was champing at the bit . |
| 12 | Cincom Systems ( UK ) Ltd is looking for beta testers for the Windows NT version of Supra Server : the relational database is already up and running on the iAPX-86 , R-series and Alpha versions of NT and it will available for £800 per user once the operating system ships . |
| 13 | A French subsidiary which does some development is already up and running in Paris with 12 employees — a German operation will follow . |
| 14 | There are many other examples of health trusts in England that are already up and running a year ahead of those in Scotland , from whose experience we can benefit . |
| 15 | Childline North West , which will be officially launched later this month , is already up and running and receiving some 300 calls a day . |
| 16 | Well , we have er W W F , the World Wide Fund for Nature has two hundred and seventy five projects already up and running er in rainforest areas of the world , and there are constant demands for more projects to be undertaken , and of course , all this costs money ; for men , machinery , equipment er and persuading governments , talking to people to make sure that we , if we ca n't halt this devastating destruction of rainforests , at least we can slow it down . |
| 17 | Ruth did not sleep much , and when Ernest came downstairs next morning she was already up and doing . |
| 18 | Matthew Pinsent , the Boat Club President , says that when the alarm goes off , it 's hard to get up , but you know that over in Cambridge they are already up and lifting weights and something just kicks you into action . |
| 19 | In early May at 6 a.m. there was hardly a sound , but the sun was already up and giving the hint of a beautiful day to come . |
| 20 | And then just up and shoot him in the good old British way . |
| 21 | She was n't the spontaneous kind of person who would just up and leave . |
| 22 | But a younger and rapidly up and coming pianist-conductor was John Avison , who directed many programmes of light classical music , with choirs and organ . |
| 23 | Doubly foolproof in a way , since the 103/4 is , as I had been led to expect from someone in whose ears I have complete trust , one of the most ‘ out-of-thebox ’ loudspeakers that I have had the pleasure to use — one can be very quickly up and running with it and feel only the need to make relatively small adjustments to positioning and so on in due course as listening progresses ; such changes with this loudspeaker result in subtle rather than profound modifications to the sound . |
| 24 | Once up and running it will operate a drop-in facility with a kitchen and dining room , open to the public for lunches , or just a cup of coffee and a chat . |
| 25 | ‘ Any up and coming band that really wants to do it will do it . |
| 26 | Frederica strode grimly up and carried off the Oxford Companions to English and Classical Literature . |
| 27 | He could walk right up and ask it the question that burned within him . |
| 28 | Do n't waste another night , she said ; if there is somebody here you want then you go right up and tell him about it , you just tell him , because he may not be here tomorrow night . |
| 29 | With Speed pushing right up and supporting the 2 forward … would enable him to make his runs into the box , also get on both flanks to cross , or get on the end of Wallace crosses … |
| 30 | When the man had had his face washed ( by stella ) and been given a drink , and one of the barmen had called for a taxi , Mother got right up and got on the stage and told Gary she was ready for her song now . |