Example sentences of "up and [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well what , what are you gon na do , go up and ask the bloke oh can you buy me a cake ? |
| 2 | But he had to restrain himself from leaping up and switching the light off and peering out into the street from behind the curtains . |
| 3 | Bishop West arrived back in Rangoon on 9th July to find that army chaplains and volunteer workers from the forces were hard at work to clean up and restore the cathedral , which had been used throughout the occupation as a factory for sauce and saki . |
| 4 | Benny was laughing to cheer them up and raise the mood again . |
| 5 | Then Frank arrived one weekend with a team of his workmates to wire the place up and install the plugs and light fittings . |
| 6 | An aerial on the distant receiver then picks them up and converts the information firstly into electrical signals then into sound which is reproduced by the loudspeaker . |
| 7 | I think I , get up and go the thing |
| 8 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 9 | She says a massage will help loosen you up and get the blood flowing normally and warm up those aching muscles . |
| 10 | Go up and get the anchor |
| 11 | so that 's how it works , open it up and get the mast . |
| 12 | Go up and get the old and see if . |
| 13 | Go up and get the uhum Index catalogue and see if that 's got any more in it . |
| 14 | He hung up and got the last volume of the bigger directory from the rack under the table . |
| 15 | Pascoe got up and checked the lock on the door . |
| 16 | She got up and checked the wardrobes , and her bemusement became sheer bewilderment . |
| 17 | I saw Sam sit up and ease the pressure , and copied him immediately , none too soon for my taxed muscles and speed-starved lungs . |
| 18 | This enables anyone to look up and inspect the patent specification to determine its scope . |
| 19 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 20 | Maxim wished he had made the call himself even if George had had to look up and dial the number for him . |
| 21 | I got up and sprinted the 150 yards or so . |
| 22 | Leila looked up and saw the man standing in the doorway , recognising him immediately for a creature less human than Sindy or any of her contemporaries . |
| 23 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
| 24 | I looked up and saw the ghost of a frown . |
| 25 | He looked up and saw the vicar carrying a book that looked more like an illustrated part work from W. H. Smith 's than Holy Writ . |
| 26 | I was the beetle who woke up and saw the possibility of being a man . |
| 27 | The thought of it scared them so much they turned all the lights out and went straight upstairs without even taking a candle in case he came up and saw the light under their door . |
| 28 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 29 | Even when she looked up and saw the half mortals approaching from the forest , she had n't the strength to be afraid . |
| 30 | ‘ They 're bloody choosing the rooms already , ’ said another voice , deep and loud , and from somewhere above ceiling level , and Preston looked up and saw the man who must be Louis , hanging over the banisters on the landing . |