Example sentences of "the [noun] up and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would take too long to get the computer up and do it for you , but erm you can take that away with you if , if you like , that just makes the same points I 've been making now , but using a computer simulator . |
| 2 | It 's just that it would have been nice to have seen the signs , ’ said Caspar , rolling the maps up and packing them in his saddle bag . |
| 3 | be up there on Saturday , I shall load the car up and take them |
| 4 | He held the piece up and sighted it , squeezing the trigger , allowing the hammer to fall on an empty chamber . |
| 5 | He rolled the plan up and returned it to Berger . |
| 6 | A workshop with one machinist who carefully adjusts and sets the machine up and leaves it that way at the end of the job is not necessarily going to need the heaviest equipment . |
| 7 | Sir can you chuck the keys up and unlock it . |
| 8 | When he was finished he sat the boy up and tousled his hair . |
| 9 | ‘ No , you do n't Bernie , ’ said Noreen , lifting the child up and carrying her out . |
| 10 | His death was accidental , but the police would never believe that , and so they came to their terrible decision , to cut the body up and hide it . |
| 11 | Brave Faik Edaan scooped the device up and threw it out before catching the fleeing Tucker . |
| 12 | He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him . |
| 13 | Could you just take the carrycot up and put it on the floor ? |
| 14 | And I used to load the boot up and bring them and load home like in the boot of my car my Sales Manager said to me the other day , how the hell did you get bright red dust in your boot ? |
| 15 | More often , though , he preferred to pitch the ball up and get his wickets in less intimidating fashion . |
| 16 | A high six-iron was the mutual decision , since there was just a gentle breeze to hold the ball up and give it a good chance to stop quickly . |
| 17 | With Keane so powerful in midfield , Nigel Clough dropping deep to hold the ball up and play it forward , the use of two wingers in Kingsley Black and Ian Woan , plus the revived spirit of England captain Stuart Pearce , Forest out-manoeuvred Spurs despite the sodden pitch . |
| 18 | And even if you tore the guarantee up and threw it away erm a you 've still statutory rights , anyway , given to you under the Sale of Goods Act . |
| 19 | They 're opening the game up and making it more attractive to spectators . ’ |
| 20 | This can become a real problem unless the situation is handled cautiously , because simply lifting the dog up and placing it in the car will be counter-productive . |
| 21 | Suddenly she said , ‘ Oh — it wo n't work , ’ and screwed the paper up and threw it away from her . |
| 22 | Even though we had n't won at Cov since 1976 , it felt like today we would begin to shut the critics up and show them that we truly are contenders . |
| 23 | Masklin picked the Thing up and turned it over and over in his hands . |
| 24 | What you did was to save the lot up and cash it in for a big meal . |
| 25 | Kim picked the book up and opened it at random , then handed it back to Hammond . |
| 26 | Even if you fence it in you still have the additional traffic that would be regenerated in picking the children up and dropping them off . |
| 27 | She promised violent action if the social workers put one foot on the stairs , and went to get the children up and dressed herself , accompanied and watched by a policewoman ; then her eight-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son were taken away without further comment , but the policewoman encouraged the children to take some clothes and other possessions with them . |
| 28 | Cos you can sort of talk to people on the way up and record you in the car |
| 29 | But they took what few they 'd got left on our regiment to Ireland so nobody else 'd desert , while they rounded the others up and took them to Ireland you see . |
| 30 | When I am satisfied that I have enough information , after maybe seven or eight sittings , I will square the drawings up and transfer them onto board . ’ |