Example sentences of "up and [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concrete slabs were taken up and replaced with a crazy paving patio , and gradually they developed their plans , as money allowed . |
| 2 | It had been decided in July 1944 that the Cabinet Committee on post-War Civil Aviation should be wound up and replaced by a Minister responsible specifically for this area of policy . |
| 3 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 4 | It 's very easy for young people to come into politics , full of enthusiasm and full up of get up get up and go and many of them get up and go after a few years . |
| 5 | Harald and Carl stood up and looked through a window . |
| 6 | old Army General , line up and get in a single line |
| 7 | Molly pointed to the bright bunch on the scrubbed table and Giovanna gathered them up and strode to a hook on the dresser where they dangled with all their labels . |
| 8 | When the cork is extracted the slush-like sediment shoots out of the bottle and , because the rest of the wine remaining in the bottle is at a much lower temperature than normal , the gas is reluctant to escape , hence there is no spray of foam and the bottle may be topped up and recorked with a minimal loss of pressure . |
| 9 | The feeling was soughing through them , every face was turned fully towards him , features naked , eyes widened ( they were too expectant , too dependent on the next sally , their wills must be gathered up and channelled towards an irresistible action ) . |
| 10 | Before she had time even to gasp , it flew back up and disappeared into a hole above the water . |
| 11 | At this point the young man , who had been reading a folded newspaper , looked up and said in a slightly truculent voice , ‘ Excuse me , madam , but that 's my pudding you 're about to eat . ’ |
| 12 | Now this is the time when you must watch them , because it can take from two to two days , two hours from two , two hours to two days to regain control of the brain , depending on the person and if it 's , happens outside and they want to get away , stress the fact you get up and run under a bus and they do n't mean to obviously |
| 13 | erm because I 'd phoned up and asked for them , er my secretary had phoned up and asked for a meeting with her but the response was we 're not allowed to meet with you , so we said okay , cos it 's public money and things |
| 14 | We had a brilliant time and it 's a pity you only get to do it once : Maybe we 'll split up and reform under a different name — so we can have a crack at it next year . |
| 15 | Being a good and persuasive talker is a must for this work as you may have to get up and speak at a sales conference or at an agency presentation . |
| 16 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 17 | Roll the fillets up and secure with a cocktail stick . |
| 18 | POLICE searched a hospital yesterday after an ex-patient was tied up and strangled with a scarf . |
| 19 | He pulled up and leant against a tree . |
| 20 | Leading at that stage by two strokes , the conservative thing to do was lay up and settle for a five . |
| 21 | But had they — or someone else — not come in , Price 's would have been sold to a foreign buyer ( an option Shell considered ) , broken up and merged with a rival , or worse , have disappeared altogether , taking 160 years of manufacturing history with it . |
| 22 | This is the impact that a speaker has when they stand up and speak to a group of people . |
| 23 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |
| 24 | Maybe you 'll have to wait up and pay for a cab to bring them home . |
| 25 | The ‘ lady ’ in question was heavily made up and dressed in a tight sheath of black and gold lurex that ended provocatively at mid-thigh . |
| 26 | As they accelerated away Joseph turned to stare out of the window and saw the peasant jump up and break into a little celebratory caper in the middle of the road . |
| 27 | Music is n't for keeping and treasuring , it 's for cutting up and feeding into a computer . |
| 28 | I got up and went for a walk and ended up at the Bunker . |
| 29 | He stood up and went to a battered grey filing cabinet , rummaged through it , and grunted . |
| 30 | Doubles up and screams with a hot , flushed face and sweat . |