Example sentences of "up and [vb -s] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If somebody calls you up and says something 's not working , always ask , well what did you change recently , and ninety five percent of the time , it 's that that 's the cause of the problems . |
| 2 | And she phoned me up and says what are you doing ? |
| 3 | I know that 's all I 've got , everyone 's going and I say blah blah blah blah blah and then someone else comes up and says what 's that Walkman for and it 's really beginning to annoy me . |
| 4 | announcement every time there 's a delivery and the brother who 's giving the announcements on a Tuesday or a Thursday , whenever they meet , he , he says that we have new magazines tonight brothers and he may hold them up and said you know , that they 're this and that and lovely , beautiful magazines Jehovah doing so well now through his organization and he 's presenting us with , with erm marvellous erm appealing literature , he holds them up and says we 're , we 're , we 're able to get your magazines tonight and er we would like you to get them straight out at me , and they 're still there two or three weeks later , your magazines , this is a way we can stay spiritually awake , is by going and getting them straight away , not for the benefit of the brothers , poor old brother who is on the job and he 's wondering why , are they gon na come and fetch my magazines or not , but because we need to devour that spiritual feeling , we need to keep up to date with everything that Jehovah 's providing us with . |
| 5 | Somebody rings up and says there 's a bomb that does n't matter how much security you 've got , you 've obviously got to clear the building . |
| 6 | You know that story of the man who wakes up and finds he 's turned into a beetle ? |
| 7 | He reaches into his bag , brings out a sandwich , then stands up and inspects it is the projector beam to see what it contains . |