Example sentences of "up and [verb] [adj] " 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 | They will also take up and re-lay loose floor coverings and pack and unpack fragile items such as glass and china . |
| 3 | They both started throwing up and seeing flashing lights ! |
| 4 | The agents enable NetSecure to back up and restore local Macintosh and Unix workstation and hard drives , where previous versions enabled only Macintosh and Unix files stored on the server to be backed up and restored . |
| 5 | But mother crumbled it up and sprinkled dry salt over it instead . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Well that 'll make them sit up and think that 's for sure |
| 8 | ‘ This was the only time I ever saw Ken himself break up and get stuck , ’ remembers Lance Percival . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | If it 's a river we can find a place to hole up and get some rest . |
| 11 | For many , the fatigue is worst in the morning , so that the patient has difficulty in waking up and feels ghastly on getting out of bed . |
| 12 | I mean she went up and got that out of her bank for us to go out with Monday because we had no money . |
| 13 | When we all went to the pub and some of them went up and got non-alcoholic drinks and that , and they all said they could n't go into a pub and do that and they done it , no problem . |
| 14 | We got off and took cover for a while , then came up and got another bus to Fulham . |
| 15 | In the second half , the Cherry and Whites rolled their sleeves up and got stuck in . |
| 16 | I totally cracked up and got steaming drunk . |
| 17 | The Corporals took it in turns to watch those digging from the shelter of the farmhouse , wrapped up and drinking hot coffee . |
| 18 | In his view Russia and the other successor states will need years and billions of dollars to clean up and monitor radioactive pollution . |
| 19 | Decision-process models also assume that consumer learning and experience will build up and affect future purchase situations . |
| 20 | A Greek oil tanker broke up and spilled 12,000 tonnes of light crude oil off the west coast of Australia on 21 July , creating what was described as the country 's worst such environmental disaster . |
| 21 | I was glad when Sunday morning arrived , I woke up and saw two suitcases bulging on my bedroom floor . |
| 22 | Today , however , when she glanced up and saw two men high above her on a jig smiling and nudging each other , she simply fled back to the sanctuary of her office . |
| 23 | ‘ I looked up and saw this person — I did n't think of it as me . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | As already noted , video lights are great consumers of electric power : for every 1000 watts of light a current of just over 4 amps at 240 volts ( 9 amps at 110 volts ) is required , so safe working practices are paramount when you are setting up and using high-power lamps . |
| 26 | I got up and had another little walk around , finishing up just over the road from Buckingham Palace . |
| 27 | Lydia flew back to the window , flung it up and said some further things into the darkness of the middle of the night . |
| 28 | Another was for portfolios of firms to be owned not by a pension fund but by a specialist financial or management group : Kohlberg , Kravis , Roberts or Hanson , which buy , break up and set strict financial controls for what remains ; Clayton & Dubilier or Forstmann Little , which exert direct supervision over managers ; Berkshire Hathaway , which is a more remote but patient investor . |
| 29 | Each has its disadvantages and advantages , but each incorporates a running swivel on the main line which , when fished in waters subject to algae particles , can foul up and obstruct sensitive bite detection , and neither makes for accurate , long-distance casting . |
| 30 | 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 . |