Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how , when he had nothing that I could take by force , steal , hide , break in front of him , tear up or trample underfoot , to vent my rage and spite ? |
| 2 | The sigh of the waves sounding up that chute only emphasised the genial security of the chamber . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's only just out of the sick bay himself , and he might fall over and open up that cut again . ’ |
| 4 | Woolley , arms folded , watched him get up and limp away , trembling with rage . |
| 5 | In her confusion , one thing stayed fixed in her mind : she would clear this lot up and go straight out to the Lock . |
| 6 | Sell up and go away . |
| 7 | Push the crate left to hit the switch , go down , collect the star and fly up , left and then down , go left , collect the star , fly straight right , then fly up , land on one of the platforms on the side of the wall , jump up and go right on the chair-lifts , go down , right through the wall , climb up the blocks , push the crate down two platforms and go back through the wall , go left , down , right and jump onto the boat , go right , up and left into the tent to complete the game . |
| 8 | Mrs Wood knows that he will wake up about 7am and then get up and go downstairs where he will pull out drawers , knock over ornaments , scatter the contents of her food cupboards and climb on the table . |
| 9 | This is what I said to him this is what I said to him an but he said I I see you with all your get up and go so I did n't make any reply to that . |
| 10 | Slowly Maura went to get her coat , hoping against hope that if she took long enough Margaret would get fed up and go home . |
| 11 | P. P. I used to go down a street and perhaps a week previously I had locked that fellow up and I used to walk past him and if they said anything to me I 'd say , ‘ Shut up and get inside . ’ |
| 12 | A neighbour dialled 999 after ‘ gunman ’ Frankie Cavacuiti , bobble hat hiding his face , snarled : ‘ Keep quiet , stick 'em up and get inside . ’ |
| 13 | Sit up and stop bloody that ! |
| 14 | You could n't join them wide , join them up and confuse actually . |
| 15 | Since the 1970s competitive pressures , particularly from Japan , have been building up and like so many other American and European companies , Kodak has adopted Total Quality Management [ TQM ] processes which the Japanese themselves used to achieve their success . |
| 16 | As you are sailing along , tense up and sail stiffly with your hands clutching the boom with a vice-like grip , with arms locked solid and body rigid . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , love , if you 'd like to give it all up and come home , do n't be too proud to say so . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Shut up and hold still , ’ a familiar voice adjured her . |
| 19 | Famous for last year 's ‘ £10 ( And £20 ) To Get In ’ , which introduced Suzanne Vega to the House scene long before DNA arrived , UK House team SHUT UP AND DANCE now offer us ‘ Rum And Black ’ , a powerful hiphouse jam , punctuated with a Joan Armatrading sample . |
| 20 | Famous for last year 's ‘ £10 ( And £20 ) To Get In ’ , which introduced Suzanne Vega to the House scene long before DNA arrived , UK House team SHUT UP AND DANCE now offer us ‘ Rum And Black ’ , a powerful hiphouse jam , punctuated with a Joan Armatrading sample . |
| 21 | never get up and dance like he does ! |
| 22 | Downs said : ‘ If I said what I really thought about the ref , they would lock me up and throw away the key . ’ |
| 23 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 24 | A pensioner who 's been robbed of more than three thousand pounds in three months , says if the men are caught , the judge should lock them up and throw away the key . |
| 25 | no you ca n't lock them up and throw away the key , that 's that 's , in a Christian society , that 's not on , you 've got to do something to help them to rehabilitate themselves . |
| 26 | His pick up and throw too good for Salim Malik . |
| 27 | Think of the toddler learning to walk and how often he falls down only to pick himself up and try again . |
| 28 | Initially the edges of the fins take on a greyish or opaque look , which then progress to a level where the fin tissues , often including the bony fin rays , break up and fall away . |
| 29 | Oh , Nat get up and walk properly . |
| 30 | ‘ This is n't The Paul Daniels Magic Show where they get up and walk away . ’ |