Example sentences of "up and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not pretty to watch , with the ball often being held up and played back to Cann , but it was effective , and Farnham were ready to strike when their own chance came along . |
| 2 | A minute , two minutes passed ; then I sat up and swung out of bed . |
| 3 | And as the Men broke through into his cage and reached up to grab him , and as another started to throw a net over the hole in the cage above , so Creggan flexed his wings , thrust forward and up and surged out above his friends and the Cages into the wild forbidding sky , and freedom . |
| 4 | Such generative practices structured my early experience , and built a constructed hierarchy of ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ which was set up and passed on to all initiates . |
| 5 | Er in the morning he would be in before any of them , sort of thing , getting a fire lit getting the rivets heat up before they come on the job and ah the the quicker he could the the rivets heat up and passed on to the the squad , then okay the more they could put in so , if he were a good rivet boy you could maybe get a good wage , but again that was up to the squad up to the riveter . |
| 6 | Barnard considered that the energy introduced into the homoeopathic potency during the succussion process stabilized the arrangement of the water polymers and that it was these shape-specific polymers which were built up and passed on from one potency to the next . |
| 7 | Then , standing up and leaning back into the shadow , she flung the jharo with all the strength she possessed across the border of flowers and into the dark pool of space beyond the firelit roof . |
| 8 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 9 | I think about it for a bit , then I get up and go over to the shops . |
| 10 | I get up and go over to him . |
| 11 | And it used to all add up and go in on Friday , after I 'd got , got everything sorted out , go in on Friday , and get all this bumf and go to a desk , my desk , and I 'd put it down , get a bin , right , a cup of coffee , loosen your tie and start wading through it . |
| 12 | We have been asked to give that up and to go over to the European Community system , with the European Court and majority voting — the shoe is pinching all the time . |
| 13 | Slowly Jack stood up and looked down at Ho . |
| 14 | She stood up and looked down at him . |
| 15 | Jenna sat up and looked down at him eagerly . |
| 16 | Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened . |
| 17 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 18 | His master got up and looked out of the window . |
| 19 | Tom stood up and looked out at the freshly-weeded graveyard . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh shut up and get on with the game . ’ |
| 21 | Where once husbands and wives would ‘ go into mourning ’ for prescribed periods ranging from months to years , we like to see people pick themselves up and get on with it . |
| 22 | Then some great fucking panty liner washes in and lands on my foot and I just get up and get on with it ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Shut up and get on with it ’ — a woman 's voice this time , more hurried . |
| 24 | Leave teaching , have a good moan and another drink , or shut up and get on with it . |
| 25 | Of these CorelDRAW is a good bet if your drawing needs are ( or may become ) fairly sophisticated ; Graphics Works is ideal for first time users , because they can pick it up and get on with the job from scratch with the minimum of fuss ; and if you want good page layout software to support your images , The Publisher 's Treasure Chest is a good choice . |
| 26 | Shut up and get on with your work . |
| 27 | Drink up and get back to bed . ’ |
| 28 | Come on , hurry up and get out of here . |
| 29 | He stood up and strode over to the window , leaving her totally confused . |
| 30 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |