Example sentences of "up and [vb base] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought they 'd have the Mexican wave when someone go get , get up and go to the loo ! |
| 2 | What had happened was that O had been at home , not sleeping , thinking about Boy at six in the morning , and he had called up and said , ‘ Are you watching TV , ’ to which Boy had replied , as the man had heard , ‘ Yes , ’ and then O had told Boy to turn over to the boxing ; he 'd just said , ‘ Get up and change to the third channel . |
| 3 | The other woman , whom she described as a man-hater , made her get up and come to the lavatories and once inside shouted vehemently , ‘ Do n't you ever do that again , if those men see you crying they 'll walk all over you ’ . |
| 4 | He could evangelise us disguised as a doctor who wants us to rest our bodies , an environmentalist who wants us to slow down , or as a psychiatrist telling us we will be less neurotic if we put our feet up and listen to the bird song for one day a week . |
| 5 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 6 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 7 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 8 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 9 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 10 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 11 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 12 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 13 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 14 | Relax forwards , then straighten up and repeat to the other side . |
| 15 | Good flowering is dependent on temperature , the ideal being between 20 and 25°C but if growing conditions are too favourable when the flowering takes place , essential nutrients rush up to the tips , not to the clusters , wood growth takes precedence and the barely formed seeds dry up and fall to the ground . |
| 16 | This is the impact that a speaker has when they stand up and speak to a group of people . |
| 17 | Will we feel silly if we go back up and announce to no one in particular , ‘ Look , the cab has n't arrived . |
| 18 | Shoot the bird to wake it up and switch to the straight-up bullets . |
| 19 | When Parliament returned , the Opposition would take the matter up and proceed to a vote of censure . |
| 20 | And it seems a bit much to suddenly turn round when you 're grown up and say to the mother , ‘ No , you should n't be like that . |
| 21 | They had never witnessed a man get up and say to the wind and to the wave be muzzled ! |
| 22 | Anyone is welcome to jump aboard and share petrol costs , or just meet up and continue to the ground together … |
| 23 | All that remained to be done by seven that evening was to attend the Troop Commander 's Orders or ‘ O ’ Group , and at last light dismantle the camouflage net , close up and move to the river . |