Example sentences of "up and [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are not ! ’ she protested , locking her wrists together when her hands seemed about to flutter up and cover those very eyes from his probing gaze . |
| 2 | It is likely too that the priest tidied up and eliminated any traces there may have been of disordered thinking or language , as he almost certainly corrected any theological mistakes , for his own safety . |
| 3 | Well that 'll make them sit up and think that 's for sure |
| 4 | I must clean myself up and get some lunch — I have a meeting on grading with various people up the road in the Civil Service Commission at quarter past two … |
| 5 | If it 's a river we can find a place to hole up and get some rest . |
| 6 | I mean she went up and got that out of her bank for us to go out with Monday because we had no money . |
| 7 | We got off and took cover for a while , then came up and got another bus to Fulham . |
| 8 | ‘ I looked up and saw this person — I did n't think of it as me . |
| 9 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 10 | I got up and had another little walk around , finishing up just over the road from Buckingham Palace . |
| 11 | Lydia flew back to the window , flung it up and said some further things into the darkness of the middle of the night . |
| 12 | The movie firmly puts its hands up and admits this is a retread of Home Alone 1 by constant references to the last time the McCallisters lost Kevin . |
| 13 | Well let's hurry up and finish this , then we 'll put her in her chair , and she can watch , one goes there , think that one goes there ? |
| 14 | Embarrassed by Nonconformists who quoted his earlier writings , in which he had urged religious toleration , he bought up and burned all the copies of The Liberty of Prophesying . |
| 15 | So people would phone up and complain that noise throughout the night was mainly concent er mainly down to the blues parties ? |
| 16 | Go right round a f these the field and cut your first swathe out and tie it up with a a load of the straw that you 'd cut and bind it up , bundle it up and shove that in the hedge bottom . |
| 17 | To install a computerised accounting system and employ someone with experience of setting up and operating such a system . |
| 18 | Christian Aid is not in a position itself to set up and service all the training which it is envisaged might be useful to supporters . |
| 19 | Let us hope that one day the council will wake up and end all street trading . |
| 20 | Like that to chain her up and keep all the food away . |
| 21 | right , you gon na hurry up and eat that , because we 've got to go sweetheart |
| 22 | What , you 're going to get two four bedroomed houses and two double garages up and retain some trees in that bit ? |
| 23 | Now we come to resolution one , which is the Annual Report , the Accounts , and the Auditors , and although Geoffrey is not here , er , we 've done a video of him , which is now about to be shown , who will introduce er this , and I just like to say , that this has been sponsor the cost of it has been sponsored by the Shell International Petroleum Company , to whom we are very grateful if my head pops up and obscures some of the shout down , will you |
| 24 | Try to stand up and demand that fear leaves your inner being , like an unwanted guest . |
| 25 | The Review proposed many changes to particular aspects of standard procedure which will speed up and streamline that procedure . |
| 26 | Now select a colour — red , for example — and pick up and remove all the pieces which contain that colour . |
| 27 | Mm yes , but even her spare bedroom needs , she could be doing it up and renting that one . |
| 28 | He picked himself up and breasted another mound . |
| 29 | Progress was unavoidably slow but they set up and directed most of the subversive organisations . |
| 30 | The poet picked it up and sang another song … |