Example sentences of "up and [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he lay there until the morning , assuming he did not pass out , or drown , or spew up and choke to death in the meantime , he would be found when the boys came in to wash ; the humiliation would be unbearable and the whole story would be all over the school by breakfast . |
| 2 | ‘ Just shut up and go to sleep . ’ |
| 3 | Drink the water at the spring or well , then curl up and go to sleep near the point of issue , after invoking the anima mundi . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh shut up and go to sleep , ’ she said . |
| 5 | And we 've got quite a bit well either that or we could watch the programme and then wash up , clear up and go to bed . |
| 6 | ‘ Here we have Wren Boys who dress up and go from door to door asking for money , every St Stephen 's Day , ’ she said . |
| 7 | She jumped up and saw with dismay her reflection in the mirror over the fireplace . |
| 8 | The morning room carpet rolled up and boxed in place . |
| 9 | The trouble with pigeons is the neck ; it 's like old celery ; you double it up and squeeze like buggery but it still wo n't snap . |
| 10 | That 's what I mean , because if , I guarantee if someone was put in a situation with blood everywhere and that , with being the first aider they 've got to stay calm , but I , I 'd say fifty per cent of all people would pick that kid up and run like hell |
| 11 | The kitchen then became a hive of industry , with the fat being cut up and rendered for lard , kept in a big earthenware pot . |
| 12 | As the first wash of the day swayed the boat , Steve leapt up and rushed on deck . |
| 13 | Mr Priest looked up and stared at Dad for a while and Dad stood there waiting for a reply . |
| 14 | Stand up and wait for silence . |
| 15 | Fast scenarios may also be called up and reprojected in relation to the ongoing situation , so that the probable outcome of a current dilemma may be assessed . |
| 16 | It is then cleaned , cut up and boiled in water to produce a blue-grey . |
| 17 | Moreover strict conditions are laid down to ensure that the company is included in consolidated accounts drawn up and audited in accordance with the Seventh Directive and made available to the British public . |
| 18 | John , who had hoped there might be some gin , jumped up and began to hand round glasses . |
| 19 | Then Marcus stood up and began to unbutton his shirt further . |
| 20 | But if you had n't said it , Rachel … those barriers would have slammed back up and locked into place again . ’ |
| 21 | We 'd joined a demo of people who wanted to put the wall back up and return to communism ! ’ |
| 22 | A high ball into the visitors penalty area eluded both Hateley and Murdoch but £4m striker Duncan Ferguson was following up and scored with ease from point blank range . |
| 23 | The Charter Unit 's second-class sets , or more correctly standard class sets as BR now prefers to describe them , also underwent refurbishment during the tail end of the 1980s with twenty-four of the Mk 1 TSOs being smartened up and fitted for air braking during 1988 , and a further twelve earmarked for the same treatment during the early part of 1990 . |
| 24 | Danny Kelly made ‘ Once More ’ single of the week in NME and noted that The Wedding Present were : ‘ A band growing up and bristling with confidence … they have let loose with a second exhilarating little peach of punky powerpop . ’ |
| 25 | I thought you had just become part of her growing up and learning about life . |
| 26 | BUSINESS is so bad for Cornish hoteliers Roy and Anita Simmonds they gave up and went on holiday themselves — in the middle of their peak season . |
| 27 | The next morning , November 7th , she got up and went to work . |
| 28 | got up and went to work and had this bloody awful throat and I thought , |
| 29 | He married a girl from the Co Down town where he grew up and went to school . |
| 30 | By leaving they know they have renounced the country where they were born , grew up and went to school . |