Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been hell shut up in that cottage with two women who would both have braved the weather to come up here to see how you were if I had n't been on hand to stop them . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am on my way to take up a situation as companion and had to put up here to catch the cross stage tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | But unhappy names are not ready to give up enough to produce a settlement . |
| 4 | Pebbles had to snatch up briefly to avoid scrimmaging in front of her on the tight final bend , and for a second it looked as though she might be shut in . |
| 5 | She could n't wait to wake up tomorrow to see what disaster that day would bring ! |
| 6 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 7 | She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself . |
| 8 | On suddenly realising he is dreaming , he may try to wake up only to find that his body seems paralysed . |
| 9 | He said at no time was Paul Jones ever hit with a cane or whip , at no time was he tied upside down and hit , he was never forced to get up early to feed the animals , or ill-treated in any way whatsoever . |
| 10 | Mr Teague said that at no time was Paul Jones ever hit with a cane or whip , at no time was he tied upside down and hit , he was never forced to get up early to feed the animals , or ill-treated in any way whatsoever . |
| 11 | He had to get up early to go on local radio , which meant another journey back into Edinburgh in the morning . |
| 12 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 13 | I 've got seven English players in my team including lads like Gavin Peacock and Lee Clark and I 've told them they 've got to get up there to earn recognition . ’ |
| 14 | This would cause the earths atmosphere to heat up enough to kill most forms of life and would also blanket out the suns light for years to come . |
| 15 | Tamar had allowed Victoria to stay up late to watch the leading in of the last load , which was a ritual joined in by all the estate workers . |