Example sentences of "up [adv] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heavy clouds were edging nearer , and Jessamy glanced up uneasily as they got out of the car . |
| 2 | Things are stirred up enough as they are , do n't you think ? |
| 3 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 4 | It was as if a couple of animals hounded from one burrow , nest or lair had im-mediately taken possession of another and started up just where they had left off . |
| 5 | Larger and smaller weights than the gram are built up exactly as they were in the system of length measurement , so that again the table of weights follows the place values of number and decimals . |
| 6 | ‘ No , we 've decided to leave that for the owners to do up exactly as they wish . |
| 7 | It pulled up exactly where they intended to and out got a drenched Barbara Coleman who scuffled through the nearest doorway . |
| 8 | It 's important that some eye problems , like a squint , are picked up early before they become entrenched and hinder your baby 's development . |
| 9 | he says , ‘ But they 've been brought up short when they 've suddenly realised just how complex these job evaluation schemes are — and just how much care has to be taken when introducing them . |
| 10 | What , what appear to be , as I said , naive questions very often are most penetrating and bring us up short because they involve things we 've taken for granted for many , many years and perhaps ought to look at again . |
| 11 | While courses such as intravenous therapy updates are readily acceptable and have immediately observable results in terms of clinical care delivery , less tangible skills such as teaching need to be built up gradually if they are to be successful , another factor which may affect motivation . |
| 12 | She sat up straight as they reached her flat , prepared to act with dignity . |
| 13 | they 've got to break them up now while they 're young |
| 14 | Wilsons , Samuel , Sam Smith 's erm it 's , it 's th you know , it 's they 've all brought each other up now so they can virtually get anything . |
| 15 | I 'd 've filled all twenty up now if they 'd 've all let me . |
| 16 | He only came up here cos they were closing . |
| 17 | Cursing under his breath , and still keeping his face averted from Huy , the man threw a handful of small silver bars in front of the fat woman , who scooped them up almost before they had settled on the surface of the table . |
| 18 | cupboards up there once they 're painted . |
| 19 | Well , Christine takes him up there if they come here for the weekend . |
| 20 | They had grown so used to her not joining in that they had not really noticed that she had stayed up there when they came down . |
| 21 | It is improbable that any of them will be healing up yet if they have ulcers and it is certainly too early to do any pond treatment , as this will only slow up the filter maturation process . |
| 22 | They 've got to a adjust the tie backs , they have n't put the tie backs up yet because they 've got to come down a bit , I just hung them up to let them drop a bit . |
| 23 | Liverpool slip up again as they prepare for Portsmouth 's shooting and shouting in semi-final replay |
| 24 | Indeed , Opposition Members did nothing to clear up the uncertainties about the huge expenditure on which they would have to embark to renationalise these industries before messing them up again as they did in the 1970s when they were under national control . |
| 25 | stocking up again because they thought they 'd have to go in |