Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other best bit about sleeping with Marie is waking up and seeing if she 's awake . |
| 2 | There were some weekends when he would phone me up and ask if he could come round because he 'd thought of something new for me to do , and he 'd jump into his car and come all the way just to give me a new inflection on a word ! ’ |
| 3 | At worst , they may need digging up and replacing if they are broken , blocked or incorrectly installed . |
| 4 | Then one day the main guy who 'd been peeking at us turned up and asked if he could take some pictures of us . |
| 5 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 6 | Another time , in a French lesson , when the word falaise ( cliff ) was being discussed , he jumped up and asked if he could illustrate the word by drawing a cliff on the blackboard . |
| 7 | Eventually , thunder rumbled in the distance , and he looked up and asked if it was gun-fire ; when I said I thought not , he moved to the door saying , ‘ If Mr Colin recommends them , I 'll take all three ’ . |
| 8 | A minute after I got into the water a large woman in an orange bathing cap swam up and asked if I was a newspaper correspondent . |
| 9 | I then piped up and asked if anyone realised that a large number of British soldiers were also involved . |
| 10 | She went to the reception and a smiling woman in a white blouse and neat grey skirt rose up and asked if she could help her . |
| 11 | Suddenly Odd-Knut gets up and asks if we would like to go dog sledging . |
| 12 | Pitt stands up and asks if I want a full tour of the house . |
| 13 | I might just as well pack up and go if you ca n't even listen to things reasonably ! ’ |
| 14 | Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort . |
| 15 | Now have a look at the work now , hands up and see if you could tell me , just looking at your work , is there some way you could of improved it . |
| 16 | I 'll ring them up and see if they 've got any places left . |
| 17 | ‘ Go up and see if she will receive me ! ’ |
| 18 | Stand up and see if you can spell between . |
| 19 | No , I said , open him up and see if anything can be done . |
| 20 | The chair with the wobbly leg , the dented saucepans , the knives with loose handles , all were gathered up and restored if possible , mainly by Nigel , who , when I produced new casualties almost weekly as the season wore on , would sigh and say patiently , ‘ Put it on my bench , darling . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll go up and see if we can see how she got here . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll go up and see if they 're ready to lock up … ’ |
| 23 | I mean , we 'll go up and see if we can start it |
| 24 | And as we come out I said to Rudy I feel we ought to go up and see if Wendy 's alright , cos she was a bit upset at quarter to twelve . |
| 25 | you could phone up and see if it 's there , yeah . |