Example sentences of "up and [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 2 | Thérèse sat up and fumbled for the light-switch that dangled from a cord beside the bed . |
| 3 | erm because I 'd phoned up and asked for them , er my secretary had phoned up and asked for a meeting with her but the response was we 're not allowed to meet with you , so we said okay , cos it 's public money and things |
| 4 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 5 | Merymose stood up and made for the door . |
| 6 | Claudia stood up and made for the door . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | At a recent Thames rodeo the ladies had to provide their own rescues in a heat as the rescue boats had packed up and gone for a brawl ! |
| 9 | 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 . |