Example sentences of "up and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er in the morning he would be in before any of them , sort of thing , getting a fire lit getting the rivets heat up before they come on the job and ah the the quicker he could the the rivets heat up and passed on to the the squad , then okay the more they could put in so , if he were a good rivet boy you could maybe get a good wage , but again that was up to the squad up to the riveter . |
| 2 | Then , standing up and leaning back into the shadow , she flung the jharo with all the strength she possessed across the border of flowers and into the dark pool of space beyond the firelit roof . |
| 3 | I think about it for a bit , then I get up and go over to the shops . |
| 4 | We have been asked to give that up and to go over to the European Community system , with the European Court and majority voting — the shoe is pinching all the time . |
| 5 | Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened . |
| 6 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 7 | His master got up and looked out of the window . |
| 8 | Tom stood up and looked out at the freshly-weeded graveyard . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh shut up and get on with the game . ’ |
| 10 | Of these CorelDRAW is a good bet if your drawing needs are ( or may become ) fairly sophisticated ; Graphics Works is ideal for first time users , because they can pick it up and get on with the job from scratch with the minimum of fuss ; and if you want good page layout software to support your images , The Publisher 's Treasure Chest is a good choice . |
| 11 | He stood up and strode over to the window , leaving her totally confused . |
| 12 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 13 | In the end , of course , we all pulled our socks up and got on with the job . |
| 14 | These were quickly taken up and written about in the British context ( e.g. Thomas et al. , |
| 15 | From this viewpoint cultural rules are not given determinants of individual action but are continually built up and broken down as the result of individual choices and decisions . |
| 16 | He hung up and stared out of the window , over the roofs of Victoria . |
| 17 | It was a relief when they could get up and move back to the sitting-room . |
| 18 | does n't say all that much , she 'll probably just get up and walk out of the room or , or heave a big sigh or something . |
| 19 | Cattini got up and walked over to the barman who was wiping glasses . |
| 20 | Edward stood up and walked over to the window . |
| 21 | He got up and walked over to the group of children and chatted with them for a moment . |
| 22 | She stood up and walked over to the arch that separated the two rooms , taking her time to search the room for Mike . |
| 23 | Lewis stood up and walked over to the door , where he halted . |
| 24 | The room she was using was at the back of the house , and as she got up and walked over to the window to look out she could see a panorama of fields lying lush and green under a cloudless May sky . |
| 25 | Alfred put his book in his wallet , slung his bow , and with pipe in one hand and flask in the other , stood up and walked on beside the friar . |
| 26 | But when , after an hour , the rain eased off , she quietly got up and walked out of the house . |
| 27 | Naturally the film only showed the sequence once , and having seen it , Wil got up and walked out of the cinema . |
| 28 | Geoffrey Parchmeiner , Philippa 's betrothed , stood up and walked out of the darkness near the wall . |
| 29 | Then he got up and walked out into the antechamber . |
| 30 | He stood up and walked down to the deep end as he spoke , then he dived in , surfacing at least halfway down the pool , then covering several more lengths in a leisurely crawl . |