Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GET UP & GO |
| 2 | ‘ Appropriates ’ is generally proved by a witness stating that the accused picked the property up or put it in a shopping bag or a pocket . |
| 3 | Various things enclosed ; a not very good pic of my lovely curtains ; some photos taken in Hyde Park , London which are n't much good either , so feel free to cut them up or chuck them ! |
| 4 | ‘ When you expect a deal to happen they may tell you there has been a last minute problem and the people either providing the funds or the guarantee either require a non-performance bond to be put up or require some kind of payment up front to prove you really mean business . |
| 5 | If you only have one rope , do your second a favour and either double it up or pull it through after doing the pitch and drop it back to your mate to protect the moves down the flake . |
| 6 | I am convinced that zander often shoal up or gather in great numbers when they are not hunting and to come across one of these occurrences as I have done from time to time is an unbelievably exciting experience . |
| 7 | For instance , a manufacturer of household detergents might aim to increase the housewife 's use of any one of its proprietary brands , and also persuade her to purchase other company products for other household cleaning , such as washing up or spray polishing . |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't they tie you up or guard you or something ? ’ |
| 9 | I never bothered to look it up or ask anybody if that was true , but he 'd say , ‘ I 've got very low blood pressure so it does n't matter how much I drink . ’ |
| 10 | It may be accompanied by erotically sado-masochistic activity ( the man may dress in women 's clothing and then tie himself up or inflict pain on himself ) ; this implies complication of the practice by other sexual dysfunction rather than being typical . |
| 11 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 12 | But how , when he had nothing that I could take by force , steal , hide , break in front of him , tear up or trample underfoot , to vent my rage and spite ? |
| 13 | It was her way with the pithy and quotable phrase that drew media attention to her work on the London catwalks in the early Eighties , a knack she called on again in her last collection , studding ‘ Clean Up Or Die ’ on to the backs of leather biker jackets . |
| 14 | Here a solicitor can become an adviser and mentor to clients and can help set up or expand small businesses , draft a complex will , or draw up different types of contracts . |
| 15 | Restrictions on investment in each other 's airlines should go , and airlines would be allowed to merge , divest , start up or close down . |
| 16 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 17 | My mother was beside herself and after that , although she still almost worshipped her , she was afraid even to hold her up or lift her , so I had all the care of her . |
| 18 | I was never conscious of pain , even with a torn ear , a broken nose and split lips , but I do remember occasions of desperate tiredness , and of effort to keep my hands up or stay on my feet . |
| 19 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 20 | It was a choice of buy up or get out . |
| 21 | 16 Shut up or get out |
| 22 | CENSORSHIP Shut up or get out Michael Meacher , MP , reports on the growing threat to people who blow the whistle on their employers |
| 23 | Further to Micheal Meacher 's article on the censorship of whistleblower ( ‘ Shut up or get out ’ , 1 May ) , nurses , midwives and health visitors are clearly enjoined by their regulatory body , the United Kingdom Central Council ( UKCC ) , that their first loyalty must be to their patients or clients . |
| 24 | Shut up or get out . " |
| 25 | Pay up or get out . |
| 26 | Pay up or get out . |
| 27 | Manifestations can vary enormously from one individual to another ; a sufferer may — or may not — forget how to wash , dress , eat , go to the lavatory , get up or go to bed ; be disorientated in time and place ( for example , may get up in the middle of the night , or may wander away from home and be unable to find his or her way back ) ; forget the social conventions of politeness , and may therefore become aggressive or rude ( or over-friendly ) ; forget how to communicate , and even his or her own or other people 's identity . |
| 28 | At that stage any pressure may be such a test for faith that the believer is faced with a choice : Give up or go back to square one . |
| 29 | Put up or shut up ! |
| 30 | But the main line of attack was that Heseltine should ‘ either put up or shut up ’ — with the apparent intention of forcing him either to keep silent or to declare himself before he was ready . |