Example sentences of "up and [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they parted outside the Lyons , Bridget reached up and kissed Clare lightly on the cheek . |
| 2 | You could put your hand up and ask questions , and you were n't all up at a level on him , he was at the same level as you , talking , and he knew all our abilities so he explained things more clearly to us . |
| 3 | I got to be grown up and ask people the way . |
| 4 | Phone up and ask Hannah . |
| 5 | Well , undergraduates getting very , very drunk and , you know , throwing up and leaving pools of vomit around for staff to clear up the next day erm , you know , one might say well are the college staff the victim of that . |
| 6 | No getting up and leaving hospital in two days then . |
| 7 | Epoch Systems Inc , has released EpochBackup , software backup systems for Unix-based network environments : designed to automatically back up and restore files it also incorporates disaster recovery , library management and hierarchical storage management . |
| 8 | I do n't feel comfortable about the prospect of us standing up and swearing oaths which neither of us intends to keep , ’ she told him . |
| 9 | In some cases this may be a result of parental pressure and an earlier lack of encouragement to grow up and exercise adult autonomy . |
| 10 | It is difficult to imagine a more ardent disciple of the American work ethic , combining spartan living with high academic endeavour : he was the epitome of the Get Up And Go philosophy . |
| 11 | We 'll climb on up and get help to you . |
| 12 | ‘ The hospital was really overcrowded — one ward was closed , but they had to open it up and get agency nurses in to help the staff cope with all the babies . |
| 13 | On the Monday they showed how easy it was for top-class bowlers to pitch the ball up and get wickets . |
| 14 | This attitude , you know , boys will be boys and they make a mess and poor Mum has to do all the washing , is really quite , quite misguided because it , it does encourage those assumptions that mothers are there to tidy up after sons , and of course then sons when they grow up and get wives want to replace their mothers . |
| 15 | It 's really quite misguided because it does encourage those assumptions that mothers are there to tidy up after sons and of course then sons when they grow up and get wives want to replace their mothers . |
| 16 | Indeed , even without having to go so far as the Commission of the European Communities did at the hearing in arguing that registration itself already constitutes a form of establishment , it must be observed that in any event registration is a precondition for taking up and pursuing activities in the fisheries sector . |
| 17 | But it was the resulting tsunami that did the greater damage : it lumbered away to the north-west , speeding up and gathering energy as it did so . |
| 18 | As the tiny head , covered in silky black hair , nestled warmly in the palm of her hand , she had looked up and met eyes full of tenderness and love , eyes the colour of slate . |
| 19 | Then , immediately pulling herself together , she strolled up and thanked Kevin and Brigadier Canford very sweetly for her polo stick , before flicking a very obvious V-sign at Trace on the way back . |
| 20 | He stood up and offered Paul his hand . |
| 21 | She looked up and saw Father Barnes . |
| 22 | It was after I had been deep in thought for a long time , stooped forward , that I looked up and saw Adrar , like the celestial city , its towers and palms floating on the mirage of a lake . |
| 23 | He happened to glance up and saw Beryl on the landing . |
| 24 | She looked up and saw admiration in his eyes . |
| 25 | Paula glanced up and saw cobwebs in the corners , a whole network . |
| 26 | I looked up and saw Jamila hurrying towards me in black T-shirt and white shorts . |
| 27 | He looked up and saw Minerva at her cello , and Alexia , young and alive again , in the wings . |
| 28 | The dark eyes looked up and saw Jenna 's interest . |
| 29 | He looked up and saw Jed standing in the doorway . |
| 30 | He looked up and saw Sam who was rooted to the spot with excitement and quivering like a terrier . |