Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At these heights , the first turn or so generally dictates whether you go up and get a climb , or go down for a landing . |
| 2 | Why do n't you just cut it all up and put a curry sauce over it ? |
| 3 | Right , and then holding me up and put a jab then in then go ner er er er ! |
| 4 | In desperation I said to Noel Buttigieg-Scicluna , Secretary of the Maltese Nationalist Party , ‘ Noel , please go up and make a speech until we can find Eddie . ’ |
| 5 | I go up and sit a couple of stairs below my son . |
| 6 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 7 | Marie 's left a load of mags behind , so I pick one up and have a flick through it . |
| 8 | I just fucking packed up and have a sister . |
| 9 | If I can just open those up and have a couple of samples of . |
| 10 | ring her up and have a word with her and she 'll probably send you a copy of the letter she sent she should have done that . |
| 11 | I like to cheer them up and have a laugh with them . |
| 12 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 13 | I get up and have a look round the room , but things are blurry on account of my tears and I ca n't find her fags . |
| 14 | Pull my leg-sleeve up and have a look at it ! ’ |
| 15 | Now as I say to every one of you er on these courses , do when you go through W H Smith pick one up and have a look at it . |
| 16 | Cos when we shared it out between three it was like if you just stand up and have a look along there . |
| 17 | you open the door up and have a look and see it 's pouring down with rain and you do n't like going out today |
| 18 | I do n't remember the paper I only look at the front and the back on a Friday , well pick it up and have a look |
| 19 | at first , are we taking the tube alright ? , you walk up and have a look |
| 20 | It was it was fun when we first started , because the weather was nice , you know it was er you c take a thermos up and have a picnic and sit in the chair and read a book or whatever if there was no one around , but after a while when it became a duty , yeah it was hard work getting up on a winter 's morning , knowing full well that you probably would n't see any cars if you down in until about ten in the morning , but you still had to be there at seven o'clock , and honking it down with rain or whatever . |
| 21 | Go up and have a bath — even a nap , if you like . ’ |
| 22 | And one thing we will learn from it I think , if we 're honest with ourselves , and we put , and try and save up and have a piece on the end there , but the one thing I think we will perhaps come to , and the one conclusion we may come to , is the fact that whilst we , we do live in this world and I absolutely agree that if somebody says , look I need to see a new as well , I need to see you now , or I need to see you tomorrow , that 'll be difficult , O K , and that 's the immediacy of the business . |
| 23 | If you go up and want a sweat shirt you go that pile . |
| 24 | If you go up and want a T-shirt you go to that pile . |
| 25 | At his first words they leap up and do a double-take . ) |
| 26 | You can pick the work up and do a bit of it whenever you have a few minutes to spare and the final result is really splendid , whether it is all bejewelled and decorated or made in a simple plain yarn . |
| 27 | Erm do the zip up and tie a bow in those strings . |
| 28 | Given a particular post-operative patient in the recovery phase , draw up and execute a plan of nursing care for the first twenty-four hours . |
| 29 | Looking after her , I saw her reach up and tuck a strand of hair into place before the dark mist swallowed her up . |
| 30 | I fetch myself another gin while I 'm up and pour a bit in Mum 's tea while I 'm about it . |