Example sentences of "up and [v-ing] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps a retired person , with no family can honestly say ‘ Right , I 'm selling up and moving to the Isle of Skye . ’ |
| 2 | Whether this is good or bad remains to be seen , but the country has now opened up and according to the law , the owner of a Rembrandt drawing or a Cranach painting may sell it to anyone offering the right price . |
| 3 | This is less Ben Elton-speak than naked ambition to be an admired state-of-the-art comedian who can acknowledge the wrongs of the world , shift with the politics of the time , try out new techniques ( in this case performing in theatres with a captive audience rather than in a back room full of hecklers getting up and wandering to the bar every 20 minutes ) and be funny . |
| 4 | ‘ Where to ? ’ demanded Jenny , jumping up and rushing to the window . |
| 5 | This is an unpleasant discovery which may shock you into giving up and returning to the relative comfort of Stage 1 . |
| 6 | The drivers , now cut up and veering to the Left , find voting for the party that has championed the self-employed harder to do . |