Example sentences of "room and [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The visitor sat back and watched the alchemy of the coffee take shape as the slightly stale odour of boiling milk permeated the room and steamed up the windows that looked down into Sauchiehall Street .
2 Before she could finish her sentence , Charles had stepped briskly across the room and snatched up the receiver .
3 She rushed back to the living room and picked up the snaps .
4 Fred came into the room and picked up the evening paper then settled himself in his usual chair .
5 He went through to his room and picked up the bag he had packed earlier , then went to the small desk in the corner and took a tiny notebook from the drawer .
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