Example sentences of "up and [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 2 | And I am not really sure of it at all , she thought , standing up and looking about her . |
| 3 | I 've just remembered this , her saying about Annette , you know when Sue came up and said about erm being stunk out by the exhaust on that |
| 4 | I had to ring up and explain about chasing horses and that I 'd be late . |
| 5 | The experimenter instructed each child to pick up and talk about one toy and then applied a mild ‘ punishment ’ if he or she chose the more attractive of the pair . |
| 6 | Everyone jumped up and ran about moving things and mopping up . |
| 7 | I thought you had just become part of her growing up and learning about life . |
| 8 | I shift this extraordinary document across to the stack of papers I have read , then get up and walk about the room . |
| 9 | I was smashing everything up and setting about people , 'cause I did n't know what was going on or nothing . |
| 10 | But it can be a bit dangerous if you 've had a few drinks , because you keep pumping the thing up and forgetting about it . ’ |
| 11 | Howard gets up and walks about the room with his coffee , smiling , and taking care not to fall over the furniture . |
| 12 | ‘ Why ca n't you sit up and look about you ? ’ |
| 13 | He got up and moved about the room , picking up ornaments and moving restlessly from one side to the other . |
| 14 | He would get up and blunder about falling over shoes and unable to find his dressing gown , until at last the light had to be turned on to sort him out , and Chrissy had worked himself into a frenzy . |
| 15 | If there are two of you holidaying together you can cheer each other up and laugh about life 's adversities and the fact that you are holidaying in a flea pit . |
| 16 | However , it is intended to make the average angler sit up and think about what he is spending his money on . |
| 17 | It 's made us all sit up and think about what whe 're doing . |
| 18 | He picks himself up and declares about Fedka , later in the novel , ‘ I suffered for ten years on his account , more than he suffered as a soldier , and — and I 'll give him my purse . ’ |