Example sentences of "up and [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a very loud 25 watter , and you could probably gig it ; you could certainly gig it if your band miked up and used foldback . |
| 2 | You ought to be out beating people up and that kind of thing . |
| 3 | July , and I bet , bet my bottom dollar it was taken when Jackie and Tom were on holiday because of how their bit of front garden is all dried up and that building at the back was completed |
| 4 | They believed that inflation would go up and that interest rates would go up , which would clearly lead to higher unemployment in Yorkshire and Humberside . |
| 5 | Because he does n't appear to do a very good job , he does n't turn up when , at times , he does n't ring you to tell why he 's not turning up and that sort of person is not a good idea to go for |
| 6 | Twenty one days is up and that burk keeping the money off till I get paid . |
| 7 | It 's time you English grew up and accepted defeat a little more graciously . |
| 8 | Janusz Lewandowski , the Minister of Ownership Transformation , said that each of Poland 's 27,000,000 adults would receive a voucher for a stake in each of 20 investment groups , or National Wealth Management Funds , to be set up and allotted shareholdings in the privatised companies . |
| 9 | Others who had coped well enough to begin with on those scanty mill wages , who had even picked themselves up and patched things together , the first time that demon of bad trade had halved their weekly pay ; the first time there had been sickness and doctors ' bills to eat up anything they had been able to put by during the good times — never much ; the first time a husband had suffered injury at the mill or the foundry , which meant no weekly pay-packet at all . |
| 10 | There 's that side of things , and I hope that that is changing , alas again too slowly erm I think the Taylor report , which firmly came down on the side of more lay control of schools by parents and members of the community , put up and unanswerable case . |
| 11 | Oil prices remained 35 per cent higher than at the same time the previous year , the prospect of increased trade with Saudi Arabia and Iran opened up and major development projects , such as the expansion of the Das Island gas liquefaction plant and Dubai 's dhow wharfage scheme , recommenced . |
| 12 | Hang on th check this up and twiddling time . |
| 13 | You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases … |
| 14 | One leg up and one leg down . |
| 15 | And part of it is discipline — you know , making your room up and one day you clean the porch , one day you sweep down the kitchen … you have different duties every day . |
| 16 | I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to . |
| 17 | Two kicks to shut up and one kick to speak . |
| 18 | In other words they ca n't tell price because they measure up and all things |
| 19 | When she was alone , Emily allowed herself a smile of satisfaction , nothing could stop her now , she was on her way up and all thanks to her own ingenuity . |
| 20 | Dave 's cleaner in High Hall used to do loads of stuff for him , she used to wash his mugs up and all sorts of things . |
| 21 | stated that a National Diploma was likely to be set up and all embalmers would have to re-take the exam . |
| 22 | At appointed hours , Mandy informed her , a golf cart went up and collected luggage from the covered box in the car park , and also delivered infirm guests up the long hill if they so requested . |
| 23 | A 4-year experimental programme to ‘ collect , co-ordinate and ensure the consistency of information on the state of the environment and natural resources in the European Communities ’ was set up and labelled CORINE . |
| 24 | Eventually Rain said : ‘ Barbara Coleman has been threatened , Edouard has been beaten up and Sabine Jourdain has been murdered — and all because no one is to know she was the painter and not Durance . ’ |
| 25 | From there he chipped up and saved par . |
| 26 | Speaking about children , Fr Cunningham 's face lit up and beaming smile crossed his face ; being with them is a passion which has remained with him since his days as a teacher , and later a headmaster . |
| 27 | A breeze had sprung up and moon-silvered clouds raced behind its dark bulk , making it seem to dip and sway , eager to catch the tide . |
| 28 | With the housecoat made up and endless hurdles overcome , it was time for the real test — replacing the clothes stand with a model . |
| 29 | Two officers climbed in , the engine started up and fluorescent tubes striped into life . |
| 30 | We 'll have to give up and good luck to you right |