Example sentences of "up a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He snatched it up instinctively , as his ancestors might have snatched up a stone when faced with a marauding tiger . |
| 2 | Anyone , almost , could pick up a stone or work a piece of flint to use as a tool , but making metals was a far more skilled job . |
| 3 | Instead , he picked up a stone and threw it into the bushes , then made a noise that sounded suspiciously like ‘ shoo , shoo ’ . |
| 4 | He scooped up a stone and leaping the steps to the terrace three at a time , he hurled it through the door and dived after it , hitting the living-room floor flat and rolling twice . |
| 5 | ‘ Pretend to pick up a stone and throw it at the dog . |
| 6 | Allen whistled , picked up a stone and flung it high into the trees . |
| 7 | He picked up a stone and flung it into the horse pond . |
| 8 | You will soon learn how it behaves in the pan , but if agonising doubts gather as you gaze down upon a yellow heavy flake , pick up a stone and crush the flake . |
| 9 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 10 | But who wants to give up a year or more to check someone else 's work ? |
| 11 | How many of us would be prepared to give up a year or more of life to pay back a debt from which we never benefitted , to satisfy the banks ? |
| 12 | This may entail lining up a course or school that the child wants to go on to , or offering a financial inducement . |
| 13 | It 's been a bumpy ride , but the bill to privatize British Rail is almost at the end of its long parliamentary journey but the battle is n't over yet , earlier this week hundreds of protestors from a variety of backgrounds gave up a day and travelled from the North to carry their defiant message to Transport Secretary John MacGregor . |
| 14 | ‘ Did n't I dig that up a day or two ago ? ’ |
| 15 | Cut a few corners , and you can maybe pick up a day or two along the way . ’ |
| 16 | In August Najibullah claimed that the PDPA would even countenance ‘ settling up a government that would include representatives of the political forces now outside the country , but who sincerely want to participate in the nationwide process of building a new Afghanistan ’ . |
| 17 | Then , she picked up a half-brick and threw it through the drugstore window . |
| 18 | A group of such households makes up a village and between such groups there is usually hostility from simple avoidance of one another to open warfare . |
| 19 | Here , parents may provide valuable financial assistance to their married children in the early stages of their family life-cycle , when the head of the household is beginning a career , and when the young couples are faced with the initial expenses of setting up a home and providing for young children ( Bell , 1968 ) . |
| 20 | But I certainly remember going to Mr and erm , I felt very bold when I went and said that er , you know , sooner or later I 'd erm , I 'd get married and er set up a home and that sort of thing and erm I said er , what are the prospects of erm getting a reasonable salary ? |
| 21 | A B western hero hiding up a gully while the posse rush blindly past was believable . |
| 22 | The history of the royal succession shows time and again that a prince had to prove himself in order to be sure of inheriting a kingdom , and the process of building up a following and prestige was likely to cause some conflict . |
| 23 | Briefly , this meant the ability to ‘ take his work and leave it ’ : to start and finish the ploughing ; that is , to pen and shut up a furrow and leave every stetch , or parcel of furrows , straight and level and without a wrinkle to mar the whole length of it . |
| 24 | She , one day she tell me dat she saw a ghost — or somefing like a ghost , a person who come in the house — she tell me she pick up a brick and break i bones — de ting run like she no know what . |
| 25 | And and or or remained stationary but they mostly went up a copper or so every and this was er a real thorn in the side of the employers you know , they wanted to get rid of this and they could n't . |
| 26 | They struck up a relationship and there came a point at which they were in conversation with prostitutes . |
| 27 | You should start as the planners do ; draw up a plan or outline for the essay in some form . |
| 28 | Then draw up a plan as to how you can maximise their value . |
| 29 | For last year 's service we drew up a plan and then wrote a personal letter from the laity group to all the Churches , emphasising how much we believed in the power of praying together for Unity . |
| 30 | ‘ But I will be happy if he snaps up a chance or two . ’ |