Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [conj] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But WIN was leaking like a sieve , the Polish militia were told in advance and the men were picked up as soon as they touched the ground . |
| 2 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 3 | Eager to see Bella , she had got up as soon as she was awake , although it was her usual habit to lie , for twenty minutes or so , drowsy , cocooned in her warm bed , entertaining herself with fantasies . |
| 4 | I 've had to go back up in to him , yeah , but I do n't know what happened last night , I do n't know whether he was not quite tired enough , erm , he must of got up as soon as I put him down and started sort of moaning then I went into the girls and I sorted them out he started screaming he did , so I had to go to him in and lay him down and making him lay down |
| 5 | Where other levels of work are being done they will be given up as soon as satisfactory alternative arrangements can be made . |
| 6 | He could not help wondering why a rousing cheer had not gone up as soon as the garrison had spotted his red uniform . |
| 7 | DECNET must be running when LIFESPAN is started up and also when LIFESPAN is shut down . |
| 8 | Moreover , looking at total dear-up rates flatters the police , since it includes crimes which , by their very nature , are usually cleared up as soon as they are reported . |