Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Marines and Petion backed away , Ace knelt and looked up at Benny . |
| 2 | I used to think , That 's a woman 's lot — forever being prodded and poked and looked up by doctors who are total strangers . |
| 3 | In one movement Rincewind unrolled and bounced up in front of the little man , his hands gripping his shoulders desperately . |
| 4 | Seas receded and new land surfaces arose and joined up with others , inviting colonization of a whole ecological community . |
| 5 | She turned and looked up at Joe , and he , smiling now , said , ‘ I 'm always willing to please . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd briefly inclined his head towards her , a mocking , curiously patrician gesture , then turned and disappeared up on deck . |
| 7 | When he reached the bottom of the stairs , he turned and called up to Maisie . |
| 8 | Once again , an outstanding book has been produced and kept up to date . " |
| 9 | Around 1900–1901 , the mill was closed and put up for sale , remaining unoccupied for some time . |
| 10 | After it was closed and put up for sale eighteen months ago they did their utmost to buy it and run it on a community basis . |
| 11 | I was born and grew up in Britain , I can appreciate the constant pressure to look the same , dress the same , forget your difference . |
| 12 | Joan Templeman was born and grew up in Glasgow , the daughter of a carpenter , and one of six children . |
| 13 | The recordings , introduced and summed up by Tom , give seven varied perceptions of Kirsty 's spirit — some more accurate , some more general . |
| 14 | Stockton 's Tory first citizen Bill Woodhead was arrested and ended up in court yesterday charged with assaulting his wife Doreen . |
| 15 | Sadly , Purvis capsized and washed up in Greenland where he went comprehensively native . |
| 16 | And then that one conservative who did go and do it , he swapped places with people who were on the dole , and he went and lived up in Newcastle . |
| 17 | Then quite suddenly he disappeared and turned up in Moscow at a news conference , claiming that he had been kidnapped by MI5 in Italy , drugged , and taken to Britain and held in captivity until he managed to escape . |
| 18 | Ltd. he and his brother were made directors , but there was apparently some friction between them and in 1882 he resigned and set up in practice on his own as a consultant . |
| 19 | I was born and bred and grew up in Rossendale Valley and left at the age of 27 . |
| 20 | Not really with me … ’ she paused and looked up into Miss Hatherby 's troubled face ‘ … she felt that you had done it because you did n't approve . ’ |
| 21 | Then all of a sudden he left and went up to San Carlos and joined the reservation police as if to become Apache again ( Here they called him Tres Hombres , which I will try to tell you about later . ) |
| 22 | He settled himself behind the wheel , pulled the door shut and looked up at Turner through the open window . |
| 23 | The hero must be challenged and tormented , he must be bamboozled and tried up to breaking point before he is permitted to claim the prize , before , in fact , he is able properly to call himself a hero . |
| 24 | Felicity merely shrugged and looked up at Harold , as if expecting him to answer for her . |
| 25 | Options need to be created and opened up for women . |
| 26 | He is saying that he is not in favour of NATO 's present policy of maintaining adequate sub-strategic forces based in Europe and of ensuring that they are maintained and kept up to date . |
| 27 | He locked the door , showered and freshened up for supper . |