Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] up [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | th than first thing in the morning erm whereas I , I think probably I am probably better as soon as I get up than last thing at night . |
| 2 | Lots of kids had yelled with delight as I ran up and down , whooping like a Red Indian . |
| 3 | And what this means is that from now on the cla lectures will trail the classes , which , which does n't matter and is actually quite er a good thing in the sense that what will happen from now on is that we 'll first do a topic in the class and then I will give the lecture on it the week after , or possibly even two weeks after , which is okay because it means that then in the lecture I can concentrate on filling in the gaps , straightening out the misunderstandings and generally adding to what we did in the class , rather than leading as it were as I have up until now . |
| 4 | Mick 's head disappeared from the entrance to the trench as I sat up and listened to a shell burst close by . |
| 5 | As I marched up and down the quay , the pipes sounded well . |
| 6 | Remember as you head up and bear away that the sail will need to be sheeted in and out accordingly , otherwise the board will stop . |
| 7 | As you build up and level out areas of the garden , keep the soil in place using retaining walls . |
| 8 | Erm as you travel up and down the A Nineteen , coming from the south er i er Skelton appears very well developed , |
| 9 | Somehow the pins in her hair always seemed to escape when she lost her temper and the dark tresses whirled round her shoulders as she walked up and down Oswin 's bedroom . |
| 10 | Any exertion would result in long coughing bouts and Mother never complained about the hours of sleep lost each night as she ran up and down stairs with bowls of steaming inhalants , aspirators and balsams in an attempt to ease his suffocating agony . |
| 11 | She could n't hide the deprecation in her voice as she straightened up and scanned her eyes scornfully round the little room . |
| 12 | The hotel was n't really big enough for her to get confused as she checked up whether to turn left or right down the passage . |
| 13 | The room she was using was at the back of the house , and as she got up and walked over to the window to look out she could see a panorama of fields lying lush and green under a cloudless May sky . |
| 14 | Lindsey frowned , certain that Jill had said there were no more patients , and the frown deepened as she looked up and saw Niall Grant . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've got to have the right bloke mind , ’ Yanto smiled at her , as she stood up and shrouded herself in his blanket . |
| 16 | Carson watched uncomprehendingly as she stood up and edged sideways from between her chair and the table , looking down and not meeting his eyes . |
| 17 | I saw the emblem on the front o' the lorry as yer drove up an' I guessed where yer was goin' . ’ |
| 18 | As we bopped up and down over Hampshire in the world 's quietest helicopter , the McDonnell-Douglas 520 , we were told the story of a former Luftwaffe pilot , now aged 65 , who still ferries little propeller craft across the pond from America to England . |
| 19 | He was hugely amused by it , the more so as we paced up and down in exasperation . |
| 20 | As we togged up and down the Seefeld baby slopes learning how to sno-plough and how to get up when you failed to sno-plough , it became apparent that this was , with or without ganglion , perhaps not going to be Jack 's Number One sport . |
| 21 | As we pounded up and down , sharp stitches developed in our sides . |
| 22 | We just got told as soon as we turned up that the course was cut with immediate effect . |
| 23 | We just got told as soon as we turned up that the course was cut with immediate effect . |
| 24 | Inside the shrine the bells start ringing , rhythmically clanging as they swing up and down , round in an arc as the cord is pulled and released . |
| 25 | Central heating pipes expand as they heat up and contract as they cool down , and this can cause irritating ticking or creaking noises . |
| 26 | I mean , Americans drink it in martinis , the cocktail set love it ‘ pink ’ and a ‘ G&T ’ is still the preferred drink of the ‘ darling luvvy ’ classes as they bob up and down on their boats moored firmly in the sheltered dock of Liverpool Marina . |
| 27 | as they reached up and felt for the fruit . |
| 28 | I 've found that when the water is heavily coloured after a rain storm this is often the case and fish will be caught in bursts as they pass up and down the swim . |
| 29 | now , I mean my girls used to come to me with boy , boy friends as they grew up and then husbands , but they always help , they always |
| 30 | And since children are already members of society the nature of their lives , and especially their lives as they grow up and leave school , is a part of the nature of society . |