Example sentences of "up [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had slept in the bedroom myself not so many years before , and in the first light of morning had got up to see what the village might have looked like before the traffic came and before the stone walls had been breached . |
| 2 | The others looked up to see what he had got . |
| 3 | Mum snatched it up to see what we had got but Dad forestalled the outburst he knew was coming . |
| 4 | My scream brought Mum up to see what was wrong and when she saw my face she ordered me back into bed . |
| 5 | I once found an injured one walking along a beach near where I live , and when I picked it up to see what was wrong , I underestimated the length of its beak . |
| 6 | ‘ Suddenly a police van came round the corner and pulled up to see what was going on . |
| 7 | In the middle of the night one of Kiku 's cats got in among the dogs and , when Burun got up to see what was causing the commotion , he found Suragai trying to save the animal . |
| 8 | Police and ambulances turned up to see what was going on , but six bouncers could n't prevent the metal entrance shutters from being wrecked , while inside Michaela was getting a barrage of abuse . |
| 9 | He went up to see what they were doing . |
| 10 | They want to run one up to see what the maximum speed is , well of course that 's gon na destroy it . |
| 11 | I forgot what place you ring , but we 're find out , and you ring up to see what they 're , what the company 's like . |
| 12 | I could n't cope with never knowing what days I was going to be there — you had to wait till the rota was up to see which days you 'd be working … |
| 13 | And the more they become integrated , then they would expand out , join the Scouts , the Guides or go to the local youth club , so be part of the , the er , growing up process which they have n't been afforded . |
| 14 | His department contributed £2.3 million towards the fund set up to purchase what was described yesterday as southern England 's last wilderness , a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest of international importance for its bird population . |
| 15 | And between them both , you can , you could I mean you take a ten thousand pound out with a mortgage , mortgage , and you could end up paying what , twenty thousand , twenty four thousand back . |
| 16 | He says to me , could you shut up know what I mean ? |
| 17 | Not that it 's that easy to shop for clothes , that 's why most disabled girls end up wearing what people have given them . |
| 18 | No just put your hand up remember what I say . |
| 19 | H he is not staffed up to do what |
| 20 | Needless to say he might have a tendency to end up doing what he would n't want them doing amongst slurry and such like but . |
| 21 | So I 've done a variety of jobs , and I 'm not quite sure how I ended up doing what I 'm doing I got into computers by accident , just being in the wrong place at the wrong time . |
| 22 | but no matter what you say you still end up doing what they want |
| 23 | Terry phoned up asking what , Tuesday morning about quarter past eight said who was covering . |
| 24 | And we take into account what we know about product up coming which is n't always a lot . |
| 25 | and erm it was then up to decide what company was going to handle the promotion . |
| 26 | They added that a full inquiry would be set up to investigate what happened . |
| 27 | Coming up to get what ? |
| 28 | We was brought up to eat what was put in front of us . |
| 29 | For each key stage , programmes of study are to be drawn up specifying what pupils of different abilities are to be taught in each subject , and attainment targets set out specifying the knowledge , skills and understanding that they are expected to have acquired by the end of the stage . |
| 30 | And though that would be a sad time for her , in Glasgow , alone , it would cheer her up to think what fun they were having ! |