Example sentences of "up and [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because patients can get up and exercise right after the operation , the muscles never have a chance to stiffen up . ’ |
| 2 | He had led an exciting life in boxing circles before he went away to the war and he did not consider himself to lack nerve , but the plan the little shifty-eyed character was setting out made Billy want to get up and leave right away . |
| 3 | It is designed as a desktop printer , having a small footprint and being light enough to pick up and move comfortably . |
| 4 | It is designed as a desktop printer , having a small footprint and being light enough to pick up and move comfortably . |
| 5 | If it came to it , she would sell up and move away , taking Ben with her . |
| 6 | I will get up and pee once every two or three hours , as I have always done , but then I will return to my bed and sleep , I will return to my room and work . |
| 7 | If you have , you will know how weak your muscles were when first you tried to get up and walk again . |
| 8 | No sound was more typical of Iran-contra than the dropping of a secret , like a stone , into otherwise peaceful conversation ; at which the other participants would carefully get up and walk away . |
| 9 | Eventually he 'd give up and walk away , his grey beard moving up and down as he mumbled to himself , the words spilling out of his almost toothless mouth . |
| 10 | I suddenly heard a movement outside the window , and saw Heathcliff stand up and walk away . |
| 11 | She wanted to get up and walk away , out of the French doors and over the lawn and behind the hedge , away where she could not be seen . |
| 12 | No , we 'll have to have a look tomorrow they 'd better hurry up and eat though had n't they ? |
| 13 | If any Government were to bring in these pledges , they would either have to dishonour them and thereby deceive the public , or income tax payers at all levels of income would need to cough up and pay more to fund them . |
| 14 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 15 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 16 | Three of the brontosaurs , and a stegosaur , could rear up and feed tripodally . |
| 17 | Eva observed : " No matter how devastated people can be there 's a tremendous resilience in the human being that allows him to get up and start again . |
| 18 | So that when they come to assessment in the Upper School … they can actually analyse and rationalize why things work and why they do n't , why they should change direction , why they should give up and start again , and why they should logically follow the piece through . |
| 19 | ‘ That expectation makes me freeze up and feel very shy and nervous , or else it makes my try too hard and I just end up feeling awkward . |
| 20 | He thought you 'd give up and go away , as the woman who was supposed to be writing the book did . |
| 21 | " Will you shut up and go away ? |
| 22 | ‘ He 's only doing his job and pretty soon he 'll give up and go away . |
| 23 | To get up and go again , I think he sort of , I thought he was just gon na lay there . |
| 24 | I feel as if I 'll die if I stay where I am but I 'm scared to get up and go somewhere else . |
| 25 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
| 26 | If his army were crushed and Kuwait taken by force , and if the allied forces were then eager to pack up and go home or found themselves no longer wanted , UN peacekeepers could step in . |
| 27 | If you have yet to record a scene which will end the tape in a suitable way — maybe a farewell wide shot of the whole park , or of people beginning to pack up and go home — now is the time to do it before the battery goes completely and the camcorder switches itself off . |
| 28 | I often feel like I could pack up and go home for a holiday in Ireland . |
| 29 | This is probably the most frequently heard sound experienced by people who are new to badger watching and if you do hear it , it is probably time quietly to get up and go home . |
| 30 | He was not reading the district well this evening , he might as well give up and go home . |