Example sentences of "up and [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessica stood up and strode about . |
| 2 | These were quickly taken up and written about in the British context ( e.g. Thomas et al. , |
| 3 | Neither , therefore , can they get up and move about . |
| 4 | He doubled up and lurched about , clutching his stomach . |
| 5 | And granddad does n't li want people to see him sort of you know when he has to get up and walk about and go to the loo with the door open and I mean it 's not so bad for us because we 're all related but it 's awful for You know I mean I ca n't imagine Jody or Jessica or Alison or anybody liking it very much . |
| 6 | It is the first draft — one which the officials probably expected Ministers to beef up and argue about . |
| 7 | THE LEAVING TRAINS : ‘ Sleeping Underwater Survivors ’ ( SST ) misunderstood Los Angeles band with their confusingly titled fourth album of mixed up and messed about songs of violence and torture — out on Monday |
| 8 | Anxiety is commonly intermingled with fear and takes the form of restlessness ; it is a mental anxiety and uneasiness that makes the patient toss and turn , get up and walk about , move from place to place , one position to another but they become so weak that eventually , in very serious diseases , he is prostrate even to having a deathly aspect . |
| 9 | Sitting comfortably get up and walk about , go and have your cup of tea or coffee . |
| 10 | ‘ If she thinks we 're going to stand for her having tea while our homes are dug up and flung about , she 's got another think coming ! ’ |
| 11 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 12 | A final factor affecting the erosion of cliff coasts composed of hard rock is the load of stones and boulders stirred up and moved about by the waves . |
| 13 | One Air Force Day we were putting up stands for a show and he leapt up and did about half a dozen speeches from Henry IV and Henry V . |
| 14 | He fought to hold it down , getting up and pacing about , counting strides aloud in the English tongue , forcing himself to observe minutely every crack and cobweb , every light pattern and shadow texture over the rough brick walls and polished leather of bridles and saddles , until he 'd mastered the terrible memory . |
| 15 | When I was sure he would n't come in I got up and danced about a bit , and read the art books and drank water . |
| 16 | Equally these are horn books , do pick them up and wander about with them . |