Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edouard thought of Isobel 's family , of her grandfathers , uncles , cousins , who had propped up and maintained an empire , who had fought , and ruled , in India , in Africa . |
| 2 | He held his hands up and admitted an error and we felt for him on the night . |
| 3 | Erm all that remains is to say thank you all for taking the trouble to turn up and show an interest in the administration of the society . |
| 4 | Suddenly , a complete stranger jumped up and said an impromptu prayer for John , and then another . |
| 5 | He 's er got to ring up and make an appointment then go and have it , it is , we are , we would like to invite you to have a look round our shop and see what you can do . |
| 6 | The plan of a slave ship issued by Clarkson was also extensively taken up and became an antislavery print . |
| 7 | It concerns an executive who passed a mental hospital on his way to work and stopped occasionally to watch an inmate going through the motions of winding up and pitching an imaginary ball . |
| 8 | In their defence the party leadership could argue that they had been hampered by the lack of a parliamentary majority ; the choice had been hanging on by the skin of one 's teeth or of giving up and holding an election in the face of adverse opinion polls . |
| 9 | To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group . |
| 10 | But he did manage to pick the phone up and call an ambulance . ’ |
| 11 | Melissa stood up and put an arm round the thin shoulders . |
| 12 | One visiting history adviser looking at a display of old washing equipment got the infants to explain by picking up and examining an old flat iron , looking for the flex and asking " But how did they plug this in ? " |
| 13 | I noticed that the Barwick men took no chances this time ; as the pole lay in the field it was wired up to an electronic burglar alarm system , but they still took it in turns to sit up and keep an eye on it . |
| 14 | Did you wan na get up and get an ashtray ? |
| 15 | ‘ Help yourself , Billy , ’ said his uncle , and Billy reached up and pulled an apple from the tree . |
| 16 | A rare one she is for putting her feet up and having an early supper in front of the telly you 've put in her room . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He were firin' up and steamin' an engine when it happened . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to wind people up and create an expectancy , ’ said boss Perryman after Watford 's second successive three-goal defeat in the League . |