Example sentences of "up and go home " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly Maura went to get her coat , hoping against hope that if she took long enough Margaret would get fed up and go home . |
| 2 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
| 3 | If his army were crushed and Kuwait taken by force , and if the allied forces were then eager to pack up and go home or found themselves no longer wanted , UN peacekeepers could step in . |
| 4 | If you have yet to record a scene which will end the tape in a suitable way — maybe a farewell wide shot of the whole park , or of people beginning to pack up and go home — now is the time to do it before the battery goes completely and the camcorder switches itself off . |
| 5 | I often feel like I could pack up and go home for a holiday in Ireland . |
| 6 | This is probably the most frequently heard sound experienced by people who are new to badger watching and if you do hear it , it is probably time quietly to get up and go home . |
| 7 | He was not reading the district well this evening , he might as well give up and go home . |
| 8 | Thinking that if he ignored her , did n't show even a whisper of interest in her , she would give up and go home under her own steam , thereby allowing her to rescue some of her dignity . |
| 9 | The girls in the canteen want to lock up and go home . |
| 10 | Yesterday it announced figures for the first half of 1989 so late in the day that the London market had mostly packed up and gone home by the time the screens showed that profits had risen from Ir £109m to Ir £121m and earnings were up from 21.7p to 25.4p basic . |
| 11 | ‘ I told her you 'd given up and gone home . |
| 12 | Stefan was in the front booking office ; not really his job but the front of house manager had given up and gone home to bed . |
| 13 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |