Example sentences of "[noun pl] up [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mansell locked his brakes up and span off , his car turning backwards and colliding into the wall at about 75mph in a cloud of debris which included his right front wheel . |
| 2 | And they were saying that you do n't give , the local erm MP was saying you know people just give their kids up and walk away . |
| 3 | At this the women stopped their knees up and went back in without a look at the man . |
| 4 | So he picked the Smarties up and walked out . |
| 5 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 6 | Try to make time to put your feet up and switch off but do n't be grouchy if you find it 's all work and no play ! |
| 7 | Emily put her feet up and stretched out and closed her eyes . |
| 8 | Opening the weather door 360 feet up and stepping out for the final 44 feet outside is , he says without particular emphasis , ‘ dramatic ’ . |
| 9 | He swung his feet up and leaned back with his head on a cushion . |
| 10 | Then we both put our feet up and sat back . |
| 11 | And er take their sick lines up and bring back their sick money and such things as that . |
| 12 | It 's now up to the players to buck their ideas up and bounce back . ’ |
| 13 | There is a balance between getting the plans up and running quickly and a protracted consultation procedure . |
| 14 | Dawes believes that getting users ' networks up and running properly is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry . |
| 15 | ‘ Chayzuz , Gould , you take a hard line , man , so ye dae , ’ I say , trying to lighten things up but sounding pretty pathetic even to myself . |
| 16 | Giles , over there with the bow tie that lights up and spins round is ‘ rarely musing ’ . |
| 17 | A couple of jets screamed over the island at one point , two Jaguars wing to wing about one hundred metres up and going fast , crossing the whole island in an eye-blink and racing out to sea . |
| 18 | Locomotive Software has launched an entry level version of its popular LocoScript word processing package which is designed to get first time PC users up and running quickly and at minimum cost . |
| 19 | I need more people like my detective sergeant who rolls his sleeves up and gets on with the job . ’ |
| 20 | Comprehensive , tried and tested disaster recovery procedures can make the difference between getting vital computer systems up and running again within hours or days , and going out of business . |
| 21 | In the end , of course , we all pulled our socks up and got on with the job . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've seen 'em putting the notices up and goin' round knocking on doors , ’ my assailant told him . |
| 23 | I lit my tyres up and went sideways . |