Example sentences of "up and [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I suppose ringing them up and telling them how they 've been going , how they 're galloping , how they do n't gallop . |
| 2 | She got up and swung him around . |
| 3 | She reached up and kissed him softly on the mouth . |
| 4 | And the first time she met Luke she stepped up and kissed him passionately on the lips . |
| 5 | She stood up and kissed him lightly on the lips . |
| 6 | DIGGING IT UP AND WRITING IT DOWN |
| 7 | And then you 've got ta ring them up and ask them again to see who 's to see who Cos they usually say , Well I 'll see what I can do , and then you 've got to ring them up again and see if they 've done anything , and and er and then sometimes you 've got ta ring them up again . |
| 8 | She wanted to snatch them up and hide them away from the coolly assessing scrutiny that seemed to lay her bare . |
| 9 | I 'm very surprised your attitude is that we should cover it up and hide it away rather than try and elucidate its value for science . |
| 10 | We 'd get our demands because anything was done to shut us up and get us out of their offices . |
| 11 | Hurry up and get it then ! |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll need some help to wrap it up and get it down to the car . |
| 13 | Her head and hands were bleeding and the manager picked her up and got her away . |
| 14 | A great-grandmother has lost her life savings after masked robbers tied her up and ransacked her home . |
| 15 | Then , when the Laird was n't looking , they would dig Joicey up and help him home . |
| 16 | I do n't know if I 'm going to do it this year cos this year she 's chosen , I 've got four , right there 's two the same which she usually has up those , like she 'll hang one up , fill one up and swop them over |
| 17 | You ca n't up and change it just like that . ’ |
| 18 | She jumped up and thrust him down on the seat , holding his shoulders . |
| 19 | Rosemary came up and said she really enjoyed last night , so , that 's something . |
| 20 | The first time she found us chatting in the yard she rushed up and dragged me away . |
| 21 | As he tried , several times , to restart his car before giving up and pushing it on to the verge to await rescue , traffic on the M8 from Glasgow quickly built up until there was a three-mile tailback . |
| 22 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 23 | BIG , BEE-STUNG , firm and bouncy , pucker up and stick 'em out . |
| 24 | BIG , BEE-STUNG , firm and bouncy , pucker up and stick 'em out . |
| 25 | Then , before she could struggle , before she could even unravel her wildly mixed reactions , Guy broke the kiss and , with one smooth movement , picked her up and tossed her on to the bed . |
| 26 | Just a frail little thing , was n't she , the wind could have picked her up and tossed her away , yet she had demolished him as surely as if she had wielded a pick-axe handle to his belly . |
| 27 | The relief they felt was emphasised by the way Gustafsson 's team-mates jumped on to the court , picked him up and tossed him high in the air in celebration at the end . |
| 28 | Then he heard Boy say ‘ Yes , ’ and then he heard the TV change ; Boy had got up and turned it over to a boxing match , which was something Boy never usually watched . |
| 29 | Well , I 'm going to start on , I 've cut up some so I 'm going to finish cutting them up and lay them out . |
| 30 | They were uncertain of her , she could feel it as surely as if they 'd appointed a spokesman to stand up and tell her so . |