Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GET UP & GO |
| 2 | I can talk about it freely now & we have all picked ourselves up & dusted ourselves down … says that she is a stronger person ( maybe even ‘ harder ’ ) … & she is a very efficient business person & lives & works in Glasgow . |
| 3 | However the 6W type seems scarce , so its a case of using 3W ( doubling up where indicated ) or a 7W type . |
| 4 | Its great plug was lifted up or dropped down through a tubular cage of brass , and its brass taps gaped wide as the mouths of sea lions . |
| 5 | This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups . |
| 6 | A small one er is there another size up or does it get too big then ? |
| 7 | Joint compensation schemes use funds collected through charges and contributions to clean up or restore the environment . |
| 8 | She made no effort to curl up or wash herself or do anything other than gaze quietly ahead . |
| 9 | Her monochromes , obtained through the superimposition of differing and at times contradictory tonalities , take on their full significance when they are placed , either hung up or leaning on the ground , in a pre-chosen space with controlled lighting . |
| 10 | people usually took the hint and either shut up or left . |
| 11 | We shall perhaps never know what sparked his enthusiasm for collecting , but is certainly to be thanked for saving the many carriages , vans and carts which would otherwise have been broken up or left to rot . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 1a ) You ca n't patch up or inlay veneer without the repair being obvious . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | Alternatively , it may simply attempt to stand up or sit . |
| 16 | Exactly half the families who took up or vacated tenements at Hagley in 1521 — 9 were absentees . |
| 17 | TNCs tend to get round this by buying up or establishing their own local suppliers ( see Bennett and Sharp , 1985 ) . |
| 18 | Data on the SparcCenter 2000 can be backed up or migrated through StorageTek 's NearNet system , running Epoch software , to StorageTek 's 4400 Automated Cartridge System . |
| 19 | Have you had any , anybody else phone them up or written to them ? |
| 20 | The glider should not be steepened up or levelled out immediately after leaving the ground . |
| 21 | And does so without pushing running costs up or dragging performance down . |
| 22 | Where judgment is given in a default action ( Ord 9 , r 6(1) ) for payment forthwith , it need not be drawn up or served unless a request to issue enforcement proceedings has not been made , or the plaintiff has abandoned part of his claim without amending his particulars of claim and serving the defendant , or where the judgment is interlocutory ( N 17 ) or where a Certificate for judgment under s 12 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 is to be sought ( Ord 22 , r 1(3) ) . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | Also from Germany is a handy set of eleven compilation discs devoted to instrumentalists , orchestra and chorus , which apart from offering good value and superb sound can be used to set up or check your hi-fi . |
| 25 | Customs officers were shot dead in open conflict or ambush , an armed gang openly terrorised Rye in August 1747 and informers were beaten up or kidnapped . |
| 26 | For example : After payment of the Preference Dividend and the Preferred Dividend payable in respect of each financial year of the Company ( including any Arrears of the same ) the Company shall [ subject to provisions of clause … of the facility agreement ] pay to the Ordinary Shareholders out of the balance of any profits available for distribution a non-cumulative dividend of such amount as the Company shall determine ( but not exceeding the amount recommended by the Directors such recommendation to include the consent of the Investors ' Director ) on the capital from time to time paid up or credited as paid up on each Ordinary Share . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | That meant one of two things — the remaining houses were either being patched up or demolished to make way for pre-fabs . |
| 30 | 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 . |