Example sentences of "up and take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when Mary stood up and took hold of the reins that were trailing on the ground , she thrashed the horse with her cane . |
| 2 | Now he drew himself up and Took Control . |
| 3 | In 1972 Hollywood suddenly sat up and took notice of him again when he had two consecutive hits , Last Tango in Paris and The Godfather , for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor . |
| 4 | The rugby world stood up and took notice and Best was marked out as a man destined for greater things . |
| 5 | After a while Rain stood up and took Berg 's empty cup , a movement calculated to speed the interview to its end . |
| 6 | Sandy Lyle , Nick Faldo , Bernhard Langer , all looked up and took note . |
| 7 | Shall we do that one again , with them all standing up and taking part ? |
| 8 | But afterwards , when you 're packing up and taking equipment out to the car , you suddenly find yourself surrounded by pupils and teachers firing questions at you . |
| 9 | Here it is hoped that pupils will learn to realise that there are difficulties involved in growing up and taking responsibilities for their own decisions . |
| 10 | I never dreamed I 'd actually be sitting up and taking nourishment so soon — and enjoying it . ’ |
| 11 | The fight game is like no other when it comes to chasing fame and fortune , but for every Bruno or Lewis , there are hundreds , thousands of lads who glove up and take guard . |
| 12 | Campaigning groups have served to shine a spotlight on many of the world 's diminishing rainforests and are making the guilty West sit up and take note . |
| 13 | He envisaged a Soviet return to the position of leading exporter of grain as something that would make ‘ Messrs Imperialists ’ sit up and take notice . |
| 14 | Yet when another child is attacked , they sit up and take notice . |
| 15 | That 'll make both your beaux sit up and take notice . " |
| 16 | Well , he would make them all sit up and take notice . |
| 17 | Talk turns to a familiar theme — the failure of the city to support new ideas , the segregation of black and white music , how difficult it is for dance music to get substantial airplay — most of all the struggle to make the rest of the city sit up and take notice of its thriving techno scene . |
| 18 | Mostly our air arrives from the west which is why we sit up and take notice of the weather in America , although actually it can change a great deal on the way over here . |
| 19 | I just hope people sort of sit up and take notice of it . |
| 20 | Should save up and take Sarah on holiday . |
| 21 | Economic trends occur swiftly and become established before large industries can scale up and take advantage of new demands . |
| 22 | Yes , had we been a little brighter , we were going to ring up and take Amy out yesterday we were also aah , and we struggled into Bromley and eh that was it . |
| 23 | His North Sea assault gave the environmentalists a powerful and unique spokesman ; it made the government sit up and take notice ; and it speeded up the long and painful process of making the public aware that there was a very real problem to solve , which was going to involve personal sacrifices . |
| 24 | Ocean needs to keep plugging away , expanding its environmental and distribution interests to really get the City to sit up and take notice . |
| 25 | ‘ The Ukrainian Peel sessions actually made me sit up and take notice . |
| 26 | ‘ Am I Not Your Girl ? ’ is Sinead 's third album , and even though not one single song is written by her , it is every bit as confessional , as painfully honest , as her first two — that 's why you must sit up and take notice . |
| 27 | ‘ You have to sit up and take notice of his great knowledge about the game . |
| 28 | Only when extroverts began breaking bricks in public , and demonstrating full-contact karate , did Americans sit up and take notice . |
| 29 | " That would 've made him sit up and take notice , Joey , would n't it ? " |
| 30 | When ordinary men and women are fired by the Spirit to bear witness to ‘ a Lord who pardons and loves , a Lord who is just as powerful as the landowners , the mine-managers or the trade union secretaries , because he is God , a God who desires to be called Father , and who treats the most wretched of men as his son ’ ( d'Epinay ) then people will sit up and take notice . |