Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we want to rescue the captives from the clutches of the Enemy , we must first wake up and realise that we are ourselves leading captive lives . |
| 2 | If you want an Italian restaurant where the waiters bring you menus instead of shouting at you , where they leave the lights on instead of turning them off every twenty minutes , and where they make you get up and dance before they 'll turn them on again , then do n't try the Vecchio Reccione , however convenient it is for Stringfellows . |
| 3 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 4 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 5 | I 've seen people come up and stop and stare aghast at it . |
| 6 | In the gap I was planning to have a whole lot of lights and electronic valves which could light up and flash when the Dalek was agitated about anything . |
| 7 | They are light , easy to set up and transport and they can cover a multitude of grotty walls . |
| 8 | Unless Opposition Members are prepared to stand up and pledge that they will meet the costs of every private home , no matter how high and heavy , our proposals for 1993 will overtake most of their objections , and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to respond to the debate . |
| 9 | My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror . |
| 10 | However , people often take umbrage and start disagreeing or , if you persist with difficulties , they may give up and go and find someone more positive to talk to . |
| 11 | When he asked what this meant , he was convinced that he was to get up and go and join the church planting team . |
| 12 | and it 's , and then you can book up and go and eat on the verandah or you can eat in one of the restaurants and just walk round and sit on the , any of the seats . |
| 13 | I might just as well pack up and go if you ca n't even listen to things reasonably ! ’ |
| 14 | We can not have a fair society , we can not have equality , West Belfast can not be working when the women of West Belfast are treated in that way — and when the women do stand up and fight and say ‘ we are not going to put up with this any more ’ , what happens is they then become threatened by the privatisation of their jobs . |
| 15 | Then , seeing the hinged clouds fold down to reveal God and all His angels , the wife would look once and look again and stand up and point and clutch her apron to her mouth … |
| 16 | While the tannery try to sort out the best hides before they 're sent , these flaws can not be helped , so Klondyke cut round them , since otherwise the scar might eventually open up and spoil or even split the strap . |
| 17 | If you 'll excuse me I 'll go up and shower and change . ’ |
| 18 | If the parent walks away or shuts the door on the child , the child may get up and follow and just start all over again . |
| 19 | The Labour Party 's obsession with distancing itself from anything which the right-wing media could pick up and exploit as ‘ extremist ’ is well described by Wainwright in her account of a Labour Party election rally . |
| 20 | The clouds had cleared and the cold stars flashed little blue signals for people of all countries to pick up and decode as they liked . |
| 21 | But to this day I have nightmares in which I have to go back to school , and I 'm so relieved to wake up and find that it was only a dream . |
| 22 | Next morning they would wake up and find that they were at home . |
| 23 | She could wake up and find that it was still the night of their parents ' wedding , that only that afternoon she and Stephen had been on the train . |
| 24 | I think the health length of waiting lists for operations and the furore about the fact that you 've got to ring up and find where the shortest list is and all that |
| 25 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 26 | The AC30 test was disappointing by comparison , and I 'll own up and say that whatever I did , I could n't get the Power Tool to accurately attenuate the sound of the amp driven flat out . |
| 27 | … In a court it would be so easy if I was on the other side to get up and say that in respect of eight of the conditions ‘ We complied and we only contravened the suspended solids condition and we 're very sorry it was 30,000 p.p.m. but you 're not gon na cane us for that are you , Mr Magistrate ? |
| 28 | I have to own up and say that I do n't really like applications wanting to be installed into the Windows directory , but because of the way Windows handles wallpaper bitmaps , there 's little option here — the lot has to go there . |
| 29 | Is Councillor gon na stand up and say that he believes in the right of people to join Trade Unions ? |
| 30 | Here he is , h h he has the very unpleasant duty of explaining and justifying the drafting of this measure a a and I do hope it would be , it would be really rather an unexpected realisation of an ambition , but nevertheless one hopes eternal if my Noble Friend were to get up and say that as a result these few remarks that I have been tempted to make that some kind of effort is going to be made to tidy up as th th the processes whereby er such stuff appears , is allowed to appear on the pages of the Statute Book er er I do recall that when the Charities Bill was going through several committees , my Noble Friend was n't who who was d d dealing with the Bill in , on behalf of the Government was exceedingly helpful and I hope that he will show the same degree of goodwill today er and , and , and er h if he 's very clear and devote is very considerable energies to persuading those professional obs obfuscators who are responsible for this kind of garbage to do better in the future . |