Example sentences of "up and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Belladonna , which is not a nosode , may clear up and prevent scarlet fever , though this disease is little seen nowadays . |
| 32 | The group was formed by the concerted actions of a few individuals in the area of the Yellow Creek , near Middlesboro , Kentucky in an attempt to clean up and prevent further pollution in their local stream which has been contaminated by a local tannery sending the untreated waste from its chemical processing into the sewage treatment plant of the city of Middlesboro . |
| 33 | Near the chancel arch is a niche dedicated to St Sitha — her only claim to fame , according to local tradition , is that she was martyred , her head was cut off ‘ and she picked it up and ran three miles to the nearby ( sic ! ) church to warn the other Christians . ’ |
| 34 | The Review proposed many changes to particular aspects of standard procedure which will speed up and streamline that procedure . |
| 35 | He picked himself up and breasted another mound . |
| 36 | If you stand up and walk ten steps |
| 37 | The two basic strategies for reducing smoking related disease are to support existing smokers in giving up and to dissuade young people from starting . |
| 38 | The poet picked it up and sang another song … |
| 39 | They were obviously very annoyed and when another Whitley flew straight over Brussels ( Averre , I believe it was ) they all went up and forced this aircraft down . |
| 40 | It is time to get up and face another day . |
| 41 | After 10 months as Applix Inc vice-president of marketing , D J Long up and quit last week citing philosophical differences with management . |
| 42 | After 10 months as Applix Inc vice president of marketing , DJ Long , up and quit last week citing philosophical differences with management . |
| 43 | ‘ Your hair , ’ she said , ‘ your hair , ’ and reached up and took sliding handfuls of it , and the kiss changed , became the kiss of before . |
| 44 | So , I think possibly a little more thought in the actual , I think the actual shape of the girl there , the way she 's actually sitting is fine , but er it , it looks as if she 's been propped up with , you know , you better put this stool under your foot to hold that up and put this crutch under your arm to hold that up and |
| 45 | The RSPCA want Magistrates to toughen up and ban cruel owners for a minimum of 5 years , if not more , to prevent them from harming animals like the unfortunate Max again . |
| 46 | Julia let them haul her up and stuff extra pillows behind her head , but the pain sharpened and she was hard put to it not to swear at them for hurting her . |
| 47 | Do n't waste your time setting up and maintaining expensive control procedures . |
| 48 | Go out and train , build yourselves up and become super rugby players ’ . |
| 49 | Eyvør woke up and made food-begging noises , so the Birdman finished his story and cut up some more strips of herring which he fed to the little bird . |
| 50 | He said : ‘ The people coming to the party were a bit daft and probably would have picked it up and done some damage with it . ’ |
| 51 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 52 | Why did genes choose to gang up and make large bodies for themselves to live in ? |
| 53 | Tadpoles grew up and became more frogs . |
| 54 | Such waves pile water up and initiate longshore currents . |
| 55 | In Deir Yassin they rounded up and butchered 250 people . |
| 56 | He 'd come down and try to get us to translate his prayers into English , or would turn up and recite Koranic verses he 'd half translated with Mahmoud or one of the other English-speakers . |
| 57 | He sat up and drank some water . |
| 58 | You measure those up and make little templates to scale to represent them . |
| 59 | All the little man had to do was stand up and take one pace forward , parting the branches . |
| 60 | Just before midnight she got up and swallowed two aspirins with some water which she hoped would calm her down . |