Example sentences of "up and read [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had to work out a short monologue in the voice of a character , and then afterwards we sat around and were asked who would volunteer to stand up and read their piece . |
| 2 | Peeling and torn adverts advertise the ‘ Summer Sun ’ a middle aged woman , in a tweed suit looks up and reads it as an excuse to turn away from her neighbour , an ‘ undesirable type ’ or a young again middle aged man greased back hair , a black fake leather jacket with sheep skin bits appearing here and there and a necklace protruding from his left nostril eventually attaching itself to his right ear . |
| 3 | If you did n't bother turning up and reading it then that was no p |
| 4 | Cos I remember , I remember picking it up and reading it , I was out in the garden at the time . |
| 5 | I was wondering : are they surprised because of the piece , or because it was me who stood up and read it ? |
| 6 | I do not want to play games in colour on my TV , I can do household accounts with a piece of paper and a pencil , I can learn languages easier from a book and a tape recorder , if I want information I can look it up and read it far faster than I can get it from a screen and I can turn back with a nip of the finger and read it again . |
| 7 | Snorting angrily , he picked it up and read it aloud in a contemptuous voice : " Shareholders demand immediate explanation why production tonnage down last month . |
| 8 | She picked it up and read it . |