Example sentences of "[verb] as [pers pn] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope . |
| 2 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |
| 3 | ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed . |
| 4 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 5 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 6 | They would take a lazy bottom turn , stall as they climbed up the wave , then disappear behind the curtain for a second or two , reappearing like actors at the end of a play to take a bow . |
| 7 | But despite his willingness to collaborate with this tall , blond , handsome editor and publisher with his square , even teeth invariably clamped over fat Turkish cigarettes and whose ice-blue eyes sometimes narrowed as he weighed up the profit or nuisance value of a potential contributor , Vaughan regarded Lehmann critically , detecting mistrust and calculation behind the editor 's apparent kindness and friendliness . |
| 8 | A glorious red butterfly with sapphire blue eyes on its wingtips fluttered and curtsied in front of me , moorland sheep scuttled reluctantly off the track as I ploughed towards them and a group of walkers cursed as they struggled up the bank . |
| 9 | I noticed the leather of my shoes darken as it picked up the moisture from the grass . |
| 10 | Mum was crying as she picked up the money and slipped it into her purse which she kept down her bosom . |
| 11 | His face did not relax as he picked up the brandy and handed it to her . |
| 12 | ‘ George Vicente Brown goin' be one dead son of a beetch , ’ Miguelito swore as he struggled up the bank . |
| 13 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 14 | But her emotions had burnt themselves out , and all she felt as she picked up the cards and carried them through to the kitchen was a dull emptiness , as if the pain she was n't feeling had left a gap . |
| 15 | Sophie laughed as she picked up the instrument , then , after listening for a minute , she said , ‘ Oh , yes . |
| 16 | Some of their moves were a delight to watch as they swept up the field constantly , and the rate of scoring hardly slackened all afternoon . |
| 17 | Whatever else was wrong with him he was at least honest , Carrie thought as she ran up the town . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't forget we 're going to Appleby tomorrow , ’ Elinor said as we tidied up the kitchen . |
| 19 | ‘ We 'll wander back , ’ he said as he picked up the blanket and baskets , ‘ expect we 'll meet 'em coming back . ’ |
| 20 | Information and Planning , he was thinking as he walked up the ramp , shoulders stooped to further alter his appearance . |
| 21 | And he waited as she picked up the receiver . |
| 22 | She waited as he pointed up the quay , bursting to ask how he knew about the Quakers , let alone where they met . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , we have n't time to give it more than a catlick , ’ she came to realize as we staggered up the grand flight of stairs to the first floor . |
| 24 | Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path . |
| 25 | I asked as I stirred up the tea-bags . |
| 26 | She was concentrating on the speed and length which her stride might attain as she hurried up the long slope . |
| 27 | Her heart was hammering as she went up the narrow , cheerless stairs she 'd last climbed before her interview . |