Example sentences of "up [conj] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of fence is very quickly and easily erected in the second and subsequent years if the materials are carefully put away ; it is the initial preparation and setting up that takes the time . |
| 2 | Connections between the men 's behaviour in the bar and the roomful of college boys who cheer a news report discrediting Sarah Bob , one of the rapists gets up and takes a bow — and crucially , with the male provenance of the District Attorney 's office . |
| 3 | He reaches up and takes the oregano off the spice rack . |
| 4 | She gave a slight , sad smile , stood up and took a few paces round the bedroom . |
| 5 | He sat up and took a piece of mud-coloured rag out of his pocket and wiped his face . |
| 6 | As the fire burnt down , the duergar got up and took a log lying to the right of the fire and placed it amongst the embers . |
| 7 | She stood up and took a roll of bills out of her purse . |
| 8 | Bernice propped herself up and took a bite . |
| 9 | Joe got out slowly , stiffly , and he straightened up and took a deep breath of the exhaust-tainted air . |
| 10 | " Certainly , " Aunt Tossie sat up and took a sip from her glass . |
| 11 | If it had been a Peter Reid type , someone who battles and fights his way through every game as if his very life depended on it , I might have sat up and took a little bit more notice . |
| 12 | ‘ You mean the work of Mr Clancy , ’ said Peggy , as he stood up and took the towel she gave him . |
| 13 | The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms . |
| 14 | The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away . |
| 15 | She reached up and took the stone out of his hand . |
| 16 | I got up and took the pudding plates into the kitchen . |
| 17 | In Court I ambled up and took the oath |
| 18 | Then I got up and took the two rugs by their corners and dragged them outside the door . |
| 19 | The blackbird then flew up and took the cheese from his hand and kept on taking pieces of cheese . |
| 20 | Gabriel reached up and took the apple and bit into it greedily . |
| 21 | straight on the four one four from Chelmsford , picked up the M eleven followed the M eleven up and took the A forty five across country . |
| 22 | I mean i i i the these are individual peasants from a village who are standing up and taking the lead in criticizing landlords etcetera but , but they , they are not the Party cadres coming in from outside . |
| 23 | While shoot 'em up and take no prisoner-type games may put you firmly into the hand-relief category , other games can be just as telling . |
| 24 | After some weeks without Red Cross parcels , people began to arrive early at meals so that they could size up and take the largest of the scrupulously rationed helpings of potatoes , or the thickest of the apparently identical slices of bread . |
| 25 | And they did n't get up and take a bow afterwards . |
| 26 | Advanced booking is strongly recommended , but for those who wish to turn up and take a chance of a lane being available we will do our best to accommodate you . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd better go up and take a look , ’ he mumbled again , but he did n't move . |
| 28 | But they certainly catch local attention and make people sit up and take a look . |
| 29 | ‘ And I know that when the pressure is on , I can get up and take a 20-minute walk around the reserve and come back again . |
| 30 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |