Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb infin] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ But I do n't always speak up or shout from the roof tops . |
| 2 | In fact he had lost his nerve and was too shy to go up and knock on the door . |
| 3 | Making up the slings of timber ready for Tiny Bennion 's crane to pick up and dump on the wharf . |
| 4 | Or perhaps there was some other , unofficial entrance , and right now she was getting ready to give up and leave by the same way . |
| 5 | We had a brilliant time and it 's a pity you only get to do it once : Maybe we 'll split up and reform under a different name — so we can have a crack at it next year . |
| 6 | Being a good and persuasive talker is a must for this work as you may have to get up and speak at a sales conference or at an agency presentation . |
| 7 | Anyway , you know I have my good days and when I do I like to get up and sit by the fire for a while . ’ |
| 8 | When in the grip of writer 's block I might stand up and walk to the window and look out . |
| 9 | To sail at speed , enabling the board to rise up and travel across the water surface rather than pushing the water aside and sailing through it . |
| 10 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |
| 11 | He needs excellent standing balance and selective leg movements to stand up and step into the bath , and even then he may need handrails on either side for stability and safety . |
| 12 | Maybe you 'll have to wait up and pay for a cab to bring them home . |
| 13 | Through the open door Philip saw Jack drive up and stop outside the gate . |
| 14 | As they accelerated away Joseph turned to stare out of the window and saw the peasant jump up and break into a little celebratory caper in the middle of the road . |
| 15 | For example , it is often women in poor health , living in poor and crowded conditions , on a low income and without private transport , who are trying to bring up and cope with the demands of small children on their own . |
| 16 | I was allowed to get up and dress on the tenth day after Heather 's birth , and go to the day room of the hospital ready to go to my billet at the fortnight . |
| 17 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 18 | But her assessment of my ability to stand up and shout in a crisis is pretty much a front . |
| 19 | DO hurry up and register for the BT3 share sale . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'll not sell up and go into a Home , that 's for sure , ’ said his Dad . |
| 21 | Several times during the night he was forced to get up and go into the kitchen for a glass of water . |
| 22 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 23 | Apart from a daughter who was believed to be barren he had no other near kin living and in a state of acute depression he determined to sell up and go to the Holy Land . |
| 24 | I 'm going to have to clear up and go in the other room . |
| 25 | Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites . |
| 26 | I mean he 's not gon na sort of get up and go within the next twelve months is he ? |
| 27 | I just worked it out , do you know that was handled five times , those beet , because Pam used to go up and loosen with the plough , and then we come behind and pull it . |
| 28 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 29 | An unmarked Ford Escort pulled out from the kerb slow enough to give me plenty of time to ease up and reach for the horn . |
| 30 | P. A. I got called as a witness in a motoring case , and it came up when I was on nights and I had to get up and call in the solicitor . |