Example sentences of "[vb base] up and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A desperately sad aspect of the modern family is the way in which so much lavish attention is spent on the ( small number of ) children who after a life of smothering contact with their parents grow up and become almost strangers . |
| 2 | The implications for understanding development as people grow up and become parents and for the delivery of health care are examined . |
| 3 | The children , like all others , grow up and pass through childhood into adolescence . |
| 4 | This attitude , you know , boys will be boys and they make a mess and poor Mum has to do all the washing , is really quite , quite misguided because it , it does encourage those assumptions that mothers are there to tidy up after sons , and of course then sons when they grow up and get wives want to replace their mothers . |
| 5 | It 's really quite misguided because it does encourage those assumptions that mothers are there to tidy up after sons and of course then sons when they grow up and get wives want to replace their mothers . |
| 6 | But you know how it is , it 's family ties and kids growing up and then they grow up and have families of their own , then you get tied to the ch grandchildren or what have you . |
| 7 | ‘ When I was young my mama used to say ‘ grow up and see how tough the world is ’ ' and ‘ I was unhappy at my mother 's death/ I was unhappy at my father 's death/ … |
| 8 | Dr George Carey called on parents to accept responsibility for the way their children grow up and give them moral guidance . |
| 9 | And since children are already members of society the nature of their lives , and especially their lives as they grow up and leave school , is a part of the nature of society . |
| 10 | The cereal-packet image assumes a static family structure , when clearly individual families change considerably as children are born , grow up and leave home . |
| 11 | The children grow up and move away . |
| 12 | Top up and clean the battery . |
| 13 | ‘ If we slip up and drop into mid-table , people will say that our start to the season was just a flash in the pan . |
| 14 | I certainly advise you to keep asking questions throughout because as I say although they 're speaking in a very very general way the often slip up and give you a particular that you can take advantage and if you lead them on then the more information is available to you . |
| 15 | Remember as you head up and bear away that the sail will need to be sheeted in and out accordingly , otherwise the board will stop . |
| 16 | Any people with any sexual , political , musical , literary ( need I go on ? ) persuasions will all be replied to by this young man Hurry up and write — we 've got so much to talk about . |
| 17 | All hurry up and wait , hurry up and wait . |
| 18 | All hurry up and wait , hurry up and wait . |
| 19 | AIRPORTS : A place where people hurry up and wait . |
| 20 | She felt very much like an ordinary squaddy whose life revolved around the phrase ‘ hurry up and wait ’ ! |
| 21 | ‘ Hurry up and get changed then . |
| 22 | Come on , hurry up and get out of here . |
| 23 | ‘ Hurry up and get done — I 've got so-and-so coming . ’ |
| 24 | Hurry up and get your coat on ! . |
| 25 | You can have one in a minute if you hurry up and get up , right I 'll leave you here cos I 'm going home , I 'm not |
| 26 | Hurry up and get it then ! |
| 27 | ‘ Hurry up and change your trousers , Melanie . ’ |
| 28 | Jonathan , Jonathan , dad wants to watch the news in a minute please , so hurry up and change it over You 'd think they 'd save that You do n't know , I would n't be surprised you will well that 's marvellous is n't it ? |
| 29 | Someone was shouting ‘ Hurry up and help me . |
| 30 | Yeah , put it there he 'll feed it , he 'll have it , hurry up , that 's it hurry up and eat it cos we 've got to go erm , and they 'll have sandwiches or something for tea and er if you point something they say no I do n't want it and then when the other one can I have it , oh you 're digging your finger in it |