Example sentences of "[vb infin] up and [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I enter the room when she 's talking to Carrie or my ma , she 'll simply dry up and say nothing until I 've left . |
| 2 | ‘ But , Apricot , ’ protested Brenda and Belinda , ‘ you ca n't just give up and do nothing . |
| 3 | NME has yet to print anything nasty about Kingmaker , and I wish they 'd hurry up and do something because NME are a completely unchallenging and boring music paper who do nothing to contribute to today 's thing . |
| 4 | get myself something to wear if I do n't hurry up and if I do n't hurry up and get something . |
| 5 | The walking rings started so close to Liessa 's head that she could reach up and touch one . |
| 6 | lost a relative , so they shy away from they , they just do n't go up and do anything . |
| 7 | I 'll make like I 'm going back to sleep , or maybe I 'll get up and do something . |
| 8 | I mean I 've stopped I 've I I do n't any longer get up and get anybody 's breakfast for them . |
| 9 | my bath and you can come up and have one . |
| 10 | Erm , if you would like a price list , by all means , at the end you can come up and take one . |
| 11 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |