Example sentences of "[vb past] get up " in BNC.

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1 I agree with a lot of what he said but one point he repeatedly made got up my nose .
2 The normal daily routine involved getting up at around 6am and stopping for a long lunch at midday in order to avoid the most intense heat .
3 I used to do a job which involved getting up at an unearthly hour while , as far as I could tell , the rest of the world slept .
4 She tried to get up on all fours , and bumped her head on the underside of the bed .
5 Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor .
6 If you have , you will know how weak your muscles were when first you tried to get up and walk again .
7 The girl on the ground moaned and tried to get up on her elbows .
8 I tried to get up but Derek 's firm hands pushed me back down .
9 Clutching her bag , she tried to get up again , but they were hanging on her shoulders .
10 George , at one stage , tried to get up , but one of them hit him over the head with his rifle .
11 When I woke up next morning , and tried to get up , I could not move .
12 He tried to get up but his leg was still hurting him badly .
13 Meg tried to get up to see , but with a gentle pressure he pushed her back down .
14 He tried to get up , and fell over .
15 Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up .
16 He folded up sideways against the winch , and immediately tried to get up again .
17 Pure as woodwind , and tried to get up ,
18 I tried to get up but my legs were pulled from under me and I was kicked by my opponent .
19 As Mr Hallam tried to get up , a member of the opposing team grabbed hold of him in a kind of headlock and he saw Newton kick Mr Hallam in the jaw .
20 He frowned rather alarmingly and Jenna felt a burst of nerves coming on ; she moved to get up but found herself being pushed back relentlessly .
21 He 'd got up , and he was looking at me as if to say Coming ? supposing he was the kind of normal person who said that kind of thing .
22 We 'd got up with the rest at 4.00 am and stumbled , steep-blind on a starry night into stony darkness : another alpine day had started in night .
23 And er quarter to eight er quarter to nine in the morning , all the commuters are running around half asleep , wish they 'd got up a bit earlier but they did n't .
24 As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night .
25 When he 'd got up and gone out , Dr Frome said to his wife :
26 Of all the things I 'd got up to in my time , I never thought I 'd be stitched for trying to return someone 's stolen property .
27 Well he 'd got up and then .
28 And he he 'd got up to it and he gone good morning Trev about two inches away from it .
29 perhaps that was just because I 'd got up .
30 driveways , it was pouring down with rain one day so I was going up to meet her and we , I 'd got up there , I 've learnt now , I leave home at quarter past three if it 's raining
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