Example sentences of "up and [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I suppose ringing them up and telling them how they 've been going , how they 're galloping , how they do n't gallop . |
| 2 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 3 | Or I might ri ring ring them up and ask them . |
| 4 | Yeah ring them up and ask them and then write a letter |
| 5 | You 've got to ring people up and ask them . |
| 6 | And then you 've got ta ring them up and ask them again to see who 's to see who Cos they usually say , Well I 'll see what I can do , and then you 've got to ring them up again and see if they 've done anything , and and er and then sometimes you 've got ta ring them up again . |
| 7 | them up and ask them |
| 8 | Er and er you 'd say , well try and get on old sheet and wash it thoroughly and iron them the p cut it up and iron them with a hot iron . |
| 9 | She wanted to snatch them up and hide them away from the coolly assessing scrutiny that seemed to lay her bare . |
| 10 | it was fine , I thought right get up and get them bloody curtains washed , I had 'em on the line , but do you think our Mike noticed them , well when he came home from work , because I thought of having to put 'em back up again , I just |
| 11 | Take about three bananas , and cut them up and arrange them on a plate in four pieces to look like a monster . |
| 12 | Old people , in old people 's homes , sometimes regress to this stage , and they also can be observed to play with faeces and to wrap them up and present them as a gift . |
| 13 | In reality they should have been dumbfounded and embarrassed , wishing the floor would open up and swallow them . |
| 14 | I do n't know if I 'm going to do it this year cos this year she 's chosen , I 've got four , right there 's two the same which she usually has up those , like she 'll hang one up , fill one up and swop them over |
| 15 | Damon kept rolling them up and using them as megaphones . |
| 16 | And he was going again , but when he wanted his clothes to go my mother had cut them up and burnt them ! |
| 17 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ you can peel them and boil them or cut them up and fry them or … ’ |
| 19 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 20 | Her entire role in life is to get pregnant by Fred , her lord and master ; to lie down between the legs of his wife Serena , who 's sterile and desperate ; to shut up and spread them . |
| 21 | When you 'd done with that , went across to another chappie that came at nine o'clock , selling clothes , used to put his lines up on his stall , he had lines across his stall and for that you got tuppence or threepence , depending on his mood and by then it would be ten o'clock so you 'd go to one or two more and collect them jugs up and fetch them tea . |
| 22 | You know the problem with putters , if they do n't feel right as soon as you pick 'em up and swing them , you might as well forget it . |
| 23 | She tore them up and tossed them into the bin . |
| 24 | Well , I 'm going to start on , I 've cut up some so I 'm going to finish cutting them up and lay them out . |
| 25 | I , I , I 'd would teach them to stand up and tell them the truth , there do n't appear to be too many of them about these days |
| 26 | And the amount of people come in , with a cigarette I have to go up and tell them that it 's a no-smoking area and they look at me as if I 'm stupid ! |
| 27 | If you guys think that in our middle age we 'll be at a Tupperware party while you do the Skye Ridge , you can roll your tartan shirts up and shove them . |
| 28 | ‘ John and I would trundle up and wind them up . ’ |
| 29 | Uncle Philip picked them up and stuck them briskly in the gap between the puppet 's wooden breast and its white satin bodice . |
| 30 | They lined them up and shot them . |