Example sentences of "up [conj] [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At first I thought he had just blown up or even broken down . |
| 2 | Do not fix anything so low over a sofa that people can knock their heads on it when getting up or even leaning back ; all the same , try to place everything at a reasonably flexible eye level . |
| 3 | At this point my colleague behind me ( British passport holder , immaculately dressed , well spoken ) stepped up and casually pushing forward his passport said : ‘ Oh he 's all right , teaches at London University . ’ |
| 4 | This guy was great though we met in Ireland cos he was erm he used to own about three or four supermarkets , er small chains and he just one day , he 's about he 's about fifty eight , sixty now and one day he said about five years ago he just got fed up and just walked out . |
| 5 | He sat holding his head in his hands for half an hour , but after that he stood up and just got on with it . |
| 6 | He worked now with his father at the farm , going every morning as the sun came up and not getting back until it was due to set again , so she hardly saw him unless she hid from Ma when it was bedtime . |
| 7 | It closes off the street half way and you know George Street is a commercial street erm delivery lorries will go up and not know where to turn round and come back or what entrance or exit they can use , and also because traffic ca n't use it it will simply put a terrific amount on another of the main streets , namely Beaumont Street . |
| 8 | Having settled the matter , Charity became quite friendly and urged Clarissa kindly to cheer up and not look so gloomy because there was a good time coming . |
| 9 | you build up , up and up do n't you ? |
| 10 | Sir John groaned as he eased his bulk up and sorrowfully waddled down to the aroma-filled kitchen . |
| 11 | There was n't a single man who was n't there all spruced up and well turned out at this awkward hour . |
| 12 | The congregation stood up and amiably shuffled out , shaking hands as they did so . |
| 13 | God knows what this survey 's gon na make of this all me greened up and right shitted up or something . |
| 14 | More bad luck was to follow a minute later ; Steve Jenkins hit a cross shot which Spencer Creedon parried across the six yard box , Kenny Clark followed up and desperately slid in but was denied by the post , and in doing so , dislocated his finger , but was luckily allowed back into the action within minutes following treatment . |
| 15 | Taff decided to do the first two and a half hours on the gun so I crawled to the back of the trench , curled up and immediately dropped off to sleep . |
| 16 | They split up and simply walked through in broad daylight . |
| 17 | She sat up and almost fell out of bed ; it was the telephone , not church bells . |
| 18 | Hugh began , but Molly was already up and almost running down the stone steps as if she were hurrying towards some long-planned assignation . |
| 19 | So that when you lock up and maybe do n't see it for another four |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I 'd patch it up and maybe float around on it in summer . ’ |
| 21 | When I went back into the office Mrs. Porter was walking up and down smoking furiously . |
| 22 | Rex paced up and down trying hard to look glad . |
| 23 | I 'll be popping up and down to see how you are , an' when it gets dark I 'll light the lamp . |
| 24 | Yeah and when they move they fucking move up and down do n't they ? |
| 25 | Gradually the systems were all set up and now work very smoothly . |
| 26 | She says , when we get up and then does n't get up . |
| 27 | walked up there right to your house , eyed bus up and then walked back again . |
| 28 | From his vast knowledge of that swirling urban society in London and New York it was the type that could be swept up and then knocked back down that Chaplin chose to express the emotions of a whole era . |
| 29 | Take you up and then go straight to work then you see . |
| 30 | Alternatively it might use the wind rather than fighting it : it would allow the wind to lift it up and then come down , flapping its wings and ‘ closing down ’ until it was able to drop . |