Example sentences of "up [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , on the understanding that er , if a passage came up I would leave |
| 2 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 3 | If that goes up I would say it is highly probable — in fact think I should use the word inevitable — that both the thermal plume and the temporarily quiescent earthquake zone along the tectonic fault would be reactivated . |
| 4 | But to go two thousand up I would say would be realistic , and achievable . |
| 5 | When I grew up I would become a man in the way that other girls would become nurses or teachers or whatever . |
| 6 | The striker said : ‘ I have no idea what happends next but if something came up I would have to consider it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't worry , if I want him to shut up I 'll give him a dig and he 'll soon get the message ! |
| 8 | No do n't come up I 'll slide this down it 's not very heavy , I just put some bits of stuff in , it 's not terribly heavy |
| 9 | ‘ When I grow up I 'll make sure I 've always got enough money for a whole pound of sausages and eggs to go with them , ’ Sally thought , but she never said anything . |
| 10 | Oh , yes , well I mean I o obviously I When she worked She used to get up I 'll tell you another thing that she used to do . |
| 11 | We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys |
| 12 | If you 're clearing up I 'll go upstairs and er |
| 13 | Well why you 're making your mind up I 'll go and get the sugar . |
| 14 | ‘ Sarah , if you do n't hurry up I 'll have to get your father to get you out of there . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll have to come up I 'll have to come up and see your |
| 16 | When I 've got dressed and tidied up I 'll have a look at it . |
| 17 | Well if anything comes up I 'll call you . |
| 18 | Oh well perhaps I left it up I 'll take these up while I 'm . |
| 19 | They 're going to be celebrating with a match against the Kew Occasionals fifteen , who include two Irish internationals and six former blues , and afterwards there 'll be a firework display , and if they phone me up I 'll come along , as long as it 's free of charge . |
| 20 | ‘ If I climb up I may get him , ’ Penny said to herself . |
| 21 | I bloody to pack up I can smoke . |
| 22 | So if he phones up I can say , you know it 's on its way as it were . |
| 23 | But I think she 's doing a good job of bringing Thomas up I must say . . |
| 24 | Turn the heating up I should think . |
| 25 | I mean , if you 're sitting in a pub at night and some guys are showing off in a corner going ‘ Hey , what do you do , dude ’ and you go ‘ Well , I 'm a bobsleigher , actually ’ it tends to shut people up I should imagine , does n't it ? |
| 26 | Or moved up I should say , sorry . |
| 27 | But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way . |
| 28 | If I asked a question of him then he 'd answer seriously , but if I floated a question and waited to see which of the students would pick it up I could guarantee that it would never be Holly . |
| 29 | But if I 'd 've , if I 'd 've been up I 'd 've got it . |
| 30 | When I grow up I 'd like to be … |