Example sentences of "[vb past] up [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formation swam up as Woolley held the flight in its dive . |
| 2 | A minute after I got into the water a large woman in an orange bathing cap swam up and asked if I was a newspaper correspondent . |
| 3 | He swam up and away from the tangle of lines and disappeared on the other side of the iceberg . |
| 4 | We wandered up and down to the inadequate refreshment kiosk , drinking soda and eating buns . |
| 5 | They were sitting together on the grass of Hartshorn Park , some distance away from a gravel path where tourists wandered up and down , pointing towards the follies and monuments around them . |
| 6 | Last , but not least , the care of the trip 's organiser , the Social Secretary , as he ‘ seemingly ’ wandered up and down , sorting out the finances of the Group Ticket , talking to each member , handing out information , giving a sense of completeness to a splendid outing . |
| 7 | WALL AFTER WALL of raging water rose up and thundered on to the strange craft intent on destroying it and the frail humans clinging to it for their lives . |
| 8 | The knights were greatly offended at this foul sight , insomuch that they rose up and left the chamber . |
| 9 | Poles from the other areas of partitioned Poland rose up and fought for over eight months in support of his efforts to halt the dismemberment of the Polish state . |
| 10 | The tumbling pigeons rose up and tumbled down , their white wings bright in the sunlight . |
| 11 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 12 | It was whilst working my way through this , often writing in the column headings for several pages in advance to give myself the illusion that I had completed more than I actually had , that two important suspicions that had lain dormant for some time rose up and took on the aspect of horribly credible hypotheses . |
| 13 | She went to the reception and a smiling woman in a white blouse and neat grey skirt rose up and asked if she could help her . |
| 14 | Wayne was driving now as they left the last of the houses behind , following the lake shore for a while until the wooded hillside of the Step rose up and screened it from their sight . |
| 15 | The hairs on the back of Thérèse 's neck rose up and shouted Danger . |
| 16 | A great , white scream rose up and filled Helen 's mind . |
| 17 | It is almost certainly from a Roman source — an autobiographical letter by Scipio Nasica — that Plutarch derived his picture of Aemilius Paulus , the father of Scipio Aemilianus , receiving King Perseus as a prisoner : " Aemilius saw in him a great man whose fall was due to the resentment of the gods and his own evil fortune , and rose up and came to meet him , accompanies by his friends and with tears in his eyes " ( Aem . |
| 18 | A billowing wave of darkness rose up and sucked her to its depths , and she sank to the floor . |
| 19 | The tide of plague rose up and up towards him . |
| 20 | The automatic barriers rose up and the cavalcade swept through to the Palace . |
| 21 | One of the domestics hummed up and down behind the counter , polishing the spotless ceraplas . |
| 22 | After a minute or two , the vehicle drew up and Manfred and Gloria , a German architect and his wife , jumped out . |
| 23 | No one appeared as he drew up and , before lifting his hand to the bell , he paused to read the words of a stone plaque embedded in the flints to the right of the door . |
| 24 | The a mini drew up and a young woman in a mini-skirt got out . |
| 25 | Often when a car drew up and an occupant approached to collect the keys he would hiss desperately to me , ‘ Is it ‘ How nice to see you ’ or ‘ How nice to see you again ’ ? ’ |
| 26 | An anxious young face disappeared from the window as their car drew up and parked under the dripping trees , but it was the Brigadier himself who appeared at the door to meet them . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | We have seen the plan your advisor , Shepherd , drew up and … ’ |
| 29 | The doctor drew up and parked beside her and everyone got out . |
| 30 | She was relieved when the mini-cab drew up and the driver was not the usual small foreigner but a stern-looking English woman : Brian was not rude to people like that . |