Example sentences of "up and [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Robert Topping , the Conservative Chief Agent , drew up and presented to Chamberlain a memorandum saying that ‘ from practically all quarters ’ he heard the view that the leader ought to go . |
| 2 | The list had been drawn up and presented to Cristiani by the independent Truth Commission , with responsibility under the peace agreement for ascertaining who was responsible for human rights violations during the civil war ( 1980-1991 ) . |
| 3 | If he lay there until the morning , assuming he did not pass out , or drown , or spew up and choke to death in the meantime , he would be found when the boys came in to wash ; the humiliation would be unbearable and the whole story would be all over the school by breakfast . |
| 4 | Franco made clear what those choices were in a " National Programme for Resurgence " which he personally drew up and passed to his ministers for action in October 1939 . |
| 5 | ‘ Just shut up and go to sleep . ’ |
| 6 | Drink the water at the spring or well , then curl up and go to sleep near the point of issue , after invoking the anima mundi . |
| 7 | I could give it up and go to Belfast . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh shut up and go to sleep , ’ she said . |
| 9 | They thought they 'd have the Mexican wave when someone go get , get up and go to the loo ! |
| 10 | And we 've got quite a bit well either that or we could watch the programme and then wash up , clear up and go to bed . |
| 11 | Molly pointed to the bright bunch on the scrubbed table and Giovanna gathered them up and strode to a hook on the dresser where they dangled with all their labels . |
| 12 | There 's still some who want the shrieking , whirling dervish of the old Associates days and refuse to give him any credit for growing up and wanting to just get on with it . |
| 13 | What had happened was that O had been at home , not sleeping , thinking about Boy at six in the morning , and he had called up and said , ‘ Are you watching TV , ’ to which Boy had replied , as the man had heard , ‘ Yes , ’ and then O had told Boy to turn over to the boxing ; he 'd just said , ‘ Get up and change to the third channel . |
| 14 | The other woman , whom she described as a man-hater , made her get up and come to the lavatories and once inside shouted vehemently , ‘ Do n't you ever do that again , if those men see you crying they 'll walk all over you ’ . |
| 15 | One of the senior officers looked up and said to Ryan : |
| 16 | Have you ever picked one up and said to yourself , ‘ That 's wrong … |
| 17 | There had been noisy , angry scenes and in the end a member of Chamberlain 's own party stood up and said to him , ‘ Depart , I say , and let us have done with you . |
| 18 | When he was finished he stood up and said to her , ‘ Leave your plate . ’ |
| 19 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
| 20 | As soon as the show was over her dog would get up and run to the kitchen ready to receive his daily rations . |
| 21 | When I slept I would dream that one came , and drove on past without knowing I was here ; then I would wake up and run to the road looking for a tail light disappearing . |
| 22 | When the men who are coming towards us have passed , climb back up and run to the place where the staging descends to the street . |
| 23 | He stood up and crossed to the Cell . |
| 24 | Abruptly she stood up and crossed to the window . |
| 25 | Erm Luke put your hand up and wait to be asked to speak please . |
| 26 | He makes the world stand up and speak to one . |
| 27 | He desperately wanted to get up and speak to her . |
| 28 | I just thought I 'd come up and speak to you about that . |
| 29 | I would just go up and speak to anybody , including the leaders , as if they were equals . |
| 30 | interesting as well as a er edible lunch er we 're very pleased now to start away the afternoon session and I 'm particularly pleased to be able to introduce Patricia Routledge , she 's an actress with so many parts in so many media that I 'm not going to make any further introduction , but merely to ask her to come up and speak to us . |