Example sentences of "[to-vb] up and [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Unless Opposition Members are prepared to stand up and pledge that they will meet the costs of every private home , no matter how high and heavy , our proposals for 1993 will overtake most of their objections , and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to respond to the debate . |
2 | I have to own up and say that I do n't really like applications wanting to be installed into the Windows directory , but because of the way Windows handles wallpaper bitmaps , there 's little option here — the lot has to go there . |
3 | The clouds had cleared and the cold stars flashed little blue signals for people of all countries to pick up and decode as they liked . |
4 | They are light , easy to set up and transport and they can cover a multitude of grotty walls . |
5 | Rostov tried to sit up and found that he could not . |
6 | But to this day I have nightmares in which I have to go back to school , and I 'm so relieved to wake up and find that it was only a dream . |