Example sentences of "up and [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at the telephone on her desk and for a minute was tempted to pick it up and ask for David Fairfax 's number . |
| 2 | After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg . |
| 3 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 4 | We thought we 'd just come back up and wait for it , have a little more fun . ’ |
| 5 | Stand up and wait for silence . |
| 6 | Go up and wait for me . ’ |
| 7 | But grypesh do much the same as we do : they hole up and wait for the weather to pass . ’ |
| 8 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 9 | Sandra : Shut up and listen for once . |
| 10 | Leading at that stage by two strokes , the conservative thing to do was lay up and settle for a five . |
| 11 | I 'm prepared for people who actually prepare to make comments yes I think you 've got to limit the time and make comments not particularly what people get up and speak for ten minutes I do n't think it 's fair on the people this evening who 've come along and put a question about why are n't you doing certain things I think that 's and I do n't want those people to actually come to a solution . |
| 12 | Only then did he zip himself up and reach for the telephone . |
| 13 | In autumn when the plants have begun to die down naturally the perennials should have their flowered stems cut off at ground level , if not already done , and annuals should be dug up and put for compost . |
| 14 | So if you bagged it up and put for sale on it , fifty pence . |
| 15 | As long as it does not impinge upon another 's needs , get up and fight for your rights , your space and for your needs . |
| 16 | I pull up and watch for a time but typically the bird does not re-appear . |
| 17 | ‘ Climb up and see for yourself , ’ said Masklin . |
| 18 | Accordingly when a pare of men went underground formerly , they made it a rule , to sleep out a candle , before they set about their work ; that is if their place of work was dry , they would lay themselves down and sleep , as long as a whole candle would continue burning ; and then rise up and work for two or three hours pretty briskly ; after that have a touch pipe , that is rest themselves for half an hour to smoke a pipe of tobacco , and so play and sleep away half their working time : but mining being more expensive than it formerly was , those idle customs are superseded by more labour and industry . |
| 19 | A spokesman for an industry lobby group , the Atomic Industrial Forum , assured New Scientist that , as the economy picks up and demand for electricity grows , states will reconsider their gloomy assessment of the atom . |