Example sentences of "and [verb] up [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realized that he was getting cold , clad as he was exclusively in a rather small towel , but decided to stick it out and pick up all of Davidson 's message . |
| 2 | We recommend that you visit the tourist office and pick up one of the ‘ walking maps ’ to make the most of the area . |
| 3 | Now when the was opened , er it was decided to er to put in a line , erm just near to connect with , and pick up some of the trade for the for Railway , cos the or the had already decided to get some from that end as well . |
| 4 | And let's just , as I say , eavesdrop and pick up some of the things that Nicodemus learned , and things that we can learn . |
| 5 | But when I mentioned that there was a legendary tunnel that ran from the battlements of Beaufort down through the sheer rock to the bottom of the Litani gorge , they leapt to their feet and bounded up one of the staircases . |
| 6 | Her role on this tour is like a cross between wet nurse and human sponge , indulging whims and soaking up all of Courtney 's excess bullshit . |
| 7 | A cowboy sauntered over to the bar , and sidled up next to them . |
| 8 | But in South Africa , because male dancers were scarce , every available man willing to go on stage and hold up one of the women had to be encouraged and enabled to do so ; consequently , even the most rudimentary beginners were taught partnering . |
| 9 | Encouraged by this early success , he decided it was time to visit Spanish Elle , and turned up uninvited at their Madrid offices late one Friday afternoon . |
| 10 | They did it at Derby County a year ago and turned up another at Filbert Street on Saturday . |
| 11 | They did it at Derby County a year ago and turned up another at Filbert Street on Saturday . |
| 12 | To be expected to relinquish this power , and give up some of the spoils to the likes of SARU , who had been at the forefront in demanding the non-participation of the Springboks in international competition since it was ‘ impossible to play normal sport in an abnormal society ’ , must , understandably , be a difficult to swallow . |
| 13 | The stuffing also has to be cooked and sliced up ready for reheating , and the Christmas puddings are prepared with the help of cooks at London 's St Thomas 's Hospital . |
| 14 | Lloyd shut the door after him and pulled up one of the chairs , straddling it . |
| 15 | I was running well until I felt a twinge in my hamstring and pulled up short of the finish line . |
| 16 | ( Ethridge : 181 ) The damage caused by the Cultural Revolution , destruction of books for example , was also costly to repair and swallowed up some of the funds . |
| 17 | Being born and brought up next to a butcher 's shop in a Somerset town in the closing years of the 18th century may not have been the healthiest start in life for a child , but those who saw out the dangerous first two or three years seemed to have stood a good chance of survival thereafter . |
| 18 | My aim today is to look at government policy on employment and training , and point up some of the issues as they affect people with disabilities . |
| 19 | We will now examine each item in turn and point up some of the main arguments . |
| 20 | On other occasions , people are spewed out into the atmosphere and turn up hundreds of miles away . |
| 21 | He leans forward and picks up one of his legs and pulls it right out from his trousers . |
| 22 | I think a lot of people died in the making of those weapons , before they ever got launched and blew up half of London . ’ |
| 23 | from the earliest years he was enveloped in a clash of ‘ mythologies ’ , to use his word , and grew up aware of their contributive , as well as their competitive , differences . |
| 24 | He smiled , said ‘ hello ’ and then unexpectedly stuck out his foot and tripped up one of the slaves . |
| 25 | One might go on in that vein to explain that occasional ‘ wrecks ’ of birds occur ( to use the ornithologists ' term ) , where huge numbers of birds are driven off course by a storm , and end up scattered over the land in an exhausted state . |
| 26 | If he did apply in time and gave up all to one creditor , he remained a prisoner in the rest of the actions . |
| 27 | We 'll come back and pick up some of them aspects as we go along . |
| 28 | It 's a glorious , peaceful summer day — why ca n't you just lie back like me and soak up some of those gorgeous golden rays ? ’ |
| 29 | He played his best shot of the round , a long , low 3-wood , which landed short of the slope at the front of the platform green and ran up level with the flag . |
| 30 | All shafts , levels , adits , watercourses and works to be kept open or upstanding for present or future working , and to yield up these at the end of the term , with the bottoms clear of all dross and rubbish ; and the drifts , cross-cuts , sumps , pits , buddles , water-courses , dwelling houses , cabins , smelting houses , store houses , bingsteads , smithies , forges , workshops , etc . |