Example sentences of "up and [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg . |
| 2 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 3 | Thérèse sat up and fumbled for the light-switch that dangled from a cord beside the bed . |
| 4 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 5 | But grypesh do much the same as we do : they hole up and wait for the weather to pass . ’ |
| 6 | Only then did he zip himself up and reach for the telephone . |
| 7 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 8 | Merymose stood up and made for the door . |
| 9 | Claudia stood up and made for the door . |
| 10 | I polished off the lager , put my feet up and waited for the editorial meeting . |
| 11 | At one o'clock Rachaela ate lunch , and at five past two , half an hour too late , she got up and left for the antiques shop . |
| 12 | Jackie stood up and reached for the bottle . |
| 13 | I scrambled up and reached for the eject button on the cassette deck . |
| 14 | The Doctor hauled himself up and reached for the tank 's hyper reverse facility . |
| 15 | He got up and reached for the phone . |
| 16 | We saw our chance , and hastily we packed up and prepared for the long trek back the way we had come , to the Youth Hostel . |
| 17 | Then suddenly she got up and made for the piano . |
| 18 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 19 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 20 | as they reached up and felt for the fruit . |
| 21 | Not daring to put on the light , she sat up and felt for the glass of water on the bedside table . |
| 22 | DO hurry up and register for the BT3 share sale . |
| 23 | An unmarked Ford Escort pulled out from the kerb slow enough to give me plenty of time to ease up and reach for the horn . |
| 24 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 25 | But Coun Dot Long , committee chairman , said they wanted to get something up and running for the club before the start of the bowls season in May . |
| 26 | Leonora contemplated argument , abandoned it , and , without taking the hand , got up and started for the stairs on leaden feet , full of foreboding about the night ahead . |
| 27 | Alec picked himself up and raced for the door . |
| 28 | I thought it was a fine display of irreligious pop art myself , but the local Scout Master must 've taken offence , for the Dog pack packed up and headed for The Robey , where they currently host their anti-establishment , multi-media club nights . |
| 29 | There 's a table all set up and waiting for the dinner meeting . |
| 30 | The old drove-roads made their own contribution to the landscape in the wayside inns that grew up to cater specially for drovers in lonely stretches of country , and in the ‘ stances ’ beside them where the cattle were shut up and rested for the night . |