Example sentences of "[vb infin] up and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without a check the hammer can bounce up and hit the string again , distorting the sound intended by the player . |
| 2 | Without a check , the player has less control , especially when repeating notes , and the hammer can bounce up and hit the string again , distorting the sound and inhibiting the freedom of the player to play loudly . |
| 3 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 4 | This drives the Shaman a bit mad and makes his tongue swell up and turn a bright colour such as purple or blue , but it also stimulates the part of his brain that controls magic . |
| 5 | Her hopes that he might leave something to chance and throw her the opportunity to make her own way back faded as she saw him lock up and pocket the key . |
| 6 | The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon . |
| 7 | Why did n't she give up and demand a separation ? |
| 8 | At one point , to suppress attacks , a large handkerchief was thrown over the stuffed cuckoo , but the enraged birds ( in this case , nightingales ) would not give up and assaulted the handkerchief instead . |
| 9 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 10 | He was over Charing Cross Road and well into the Square before some instinct of recognition made him look up and see the place which was still the jewel of London , the haven of fantasies , the last known post of security , the Crystal Rooms . |
| 11 | It was very tiring work , and it kept me busy so that I did not look up and see the Hispaniola until she was just half a mile away from me ! |
| 12 | So I could look up and see the sky . |
| 13 | The truckloads of returned prisoners drove past the office and the girls draped the banner between two windows and hung from the window ringing a handbell so that the men would look up and see the banner and hear them cheering . |
| 14 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 15 | And always , on a clear day , you could look up and see the magnificent , snow-capped Alps . |
| 16 | As I say I think I 'll sum up and have a vote , and then I intend to break for lunch on conclusion of this item . |
| 17 | Not only can he build up and improve the fertility of his land , but also exploit that fertility up to and beyond its latent potential . |
| 18 | Excess LDL , rejected by the now full-up cells are deposited in the walls of the arteries , where they can build up and make the arteries narrower . |
| 19 | Did you set up and supervise the builders ? |
| 20 | David Kewley , she will set up and manage a new department ( made up of the book club and book fair editorial staff ) responsible for the selection , acquisition and exploitation of the sales potential of the books and other products bought for sale through the company 's book clubs and book fairs . |
| 21 | Advisers should set up and operate a diary system for entry of limitation dates in cases where they have advised clients on the point . |
| 22 | Yeah mum 's got ta wash up and pack the sandwiches . |
| 23 | When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother . |
| 24 | Well you can get I mean , according to the leaflet you can just phone up and get the council to collect . |
| 25 | They walked regardless of the weather : on early spring mornings when the sky was remote and pale as a plover 's egg ; on stormy autumn afternoons when they felt they could reach up and touch the lowering clouds that covered the land like a bruise ; and on frozen winter days when the sky was a white membrane stretched so tight that they could imagine it cracking with the cold . |
| 26 | So in this last example the participle form does match up and produces a grammatically well-formed sentence . |
| 27 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 28 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 29 | It was fabulous because King Crimson had such a tremendous sound and such a tremendous image that for them to suddenly stand up and do a lot of Buddy Holly hits with Donovan singing vocals was really cute . |
| 30 | ‘ We can do it if the leadership of this nation will just stand up and do the right thing . ’ |