Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other researchers think it is more likely that the fish remember the chemical composition of their home stream , and so pick up its scent in the open ocean . |
| 2 | And so throwing up its hands in horror and resignation it turns to the priests and pastors of religion — of a more primitive world order — and tells them to get on with it . |
| 3 | It saddens me to think that as the elitists worry about the ‘ wrong ’ people getting into their clubs , and so tighten up their door policies , the indie kids , the hooligans , the ‘ lilac clad youths ’ are all denied the chance to hear the music that could damage their lives . |
| 4 | Lucille took a last look in the mirror , decided there was nothing that could be done to make herself any more elegant or beautiful , and so picked up her small bag that contained the precious pasteboard ticket . |
| 5 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 6 | Some criteria and methods for ‘ assessing ’ and ‘ accrediting ’ what had been learned would gradually emerge , serving to validate the teaching contract , regulate entry to the emerging ‘ discipline ’ and generally build up its identity and status . |
| 7 | The water was shallow and hardly came up their knees . |
| 8 | Melissa was shocked at the lack of sensitivity and promptly made up her mind to use Eleanor as the model for a future victim . |
| 9 | So , start with a stem and gradually build up your design from that . |
| 10 | Apart from the obvious aviation interest , reading this book is like watching a travelog on the USA , and once picked up it proves to be difficult to put back down ! |
| 11 | These will enable you to get straight in there and hopefully smash up your opponent 's force before he knows what 's hit him . |
| 12 | I sighed with relief and quickly snatched up her jesses , wrapping them securely round my bottom two fingers . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll be finished in a minute ’ , one says apologetically , and quickly gathers up her paper towels and Windex . |
| 14 | I consider that poor taste , ’ she said tartly , getting to her feet and shakily picking up her evening bag from the chair next to her . |
| 15 | The outcome of these processes is that the official portrait of crime and criminals is highly selective , serving to conceal crimes of the powerful and hence shore up their interests , particularly the need to be legitimated through maintaining the appearance of respectability . |
| 16 | There , behind the high green doors of his mews home near Harrods , the supreme politician of motor sport had talked about confidence , recited his answers carefully and faced the television cameras with practised ease , all the time picking nervously at his sleeves and repeatedly pulling up his socks . |
| 17 | Some people , and you may be one , slowly and partially pick up their lives after losing their love . |
| 18 | And here give up ourselves in the full bent To lay out service freely at your feet , To be commanded . |
| 19 | I may give away everything I have , and even give up my body to be burned — but if I have no love this does me no good . |
| 20 | Ten o'clock — we come in from the park and then write up what we saw and do a project on it . |
| 21 | He knew Carter was lying , but at that precise moment he could do little except inspect the premises and then write up his notes . |
| 22 | He withheld the signal until the range was close enough to be deadly , and the stocky Welsh ponies were stretching their frenzied necks and rigid nostrils for the impact , and then flung up his arm , and waited for the tremendous thrumming in the air , that maddening , intoxicating sound like a thousand wild geese all taking flight at once . |
| 23 | The history department would be expected to participate in this process and then match up their own practice to that agreed . |
| 24 | George was a superb dean , not least because of his capacity to listen to colleagues and then make up his mind decisively . |
| 25 | She also cursed and punched the 21-year-old beauty — and then cut up her clothes , it was alleged . |
| 26 | He sought legal opinion and then stepped up his fight . |
| 27 | Mama pointed to the sideboard , and then picked up my baby brother . |
| 28 | He thought very , very carefully for a minute or more and then picked up his private phone and dialled a number . |
| 29 | By the third round Leonard was producing a replay of their last contest , taunting Duran by thrusting his head forward , safely out of range , and then winding up his right hand with the threat of a bolo punch . |
| 30 | But erm The television of course i is infernally clever , I mean th there 's er no doubt that the microchips that erm takes away the erm the teletext information , stores it and then spits up whatever you ask for is er two or three P now I suppose and therefore the , the television manufacturer charges hundred pounds to put it in . |