Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] and [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped her car and bustled up the pavement . |
| 2 | The pupils thought he 'd been brought in specially for their benefit and turned up the next week with more surrealistic pieces . |
| 3 | She put on her cape and turned up the collar and pulled her hat low over her eyes . |
| 4 | If you persisted in trying to talk to her , she would heave herself out of her chair and turn up the volume to a decibel level that made your ears ache . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't understand , ’ she said , sinking back into her chair and gathering up the hastily discarded slice of bread . |
| 6 | Since the beginning of the modernist theological era , she had not even had the once-yearly chore of taking her urn and collecting up the incense and imprecations put up , however formalistically , for her own feast day . |
| 7 | ’ And as he and Kraal continued to talk old Minch quietly dropped down to her shelter and took up the food there , listening to their few memories of the world outside . |
| 8 | So insistent was the noise that she padded downstairs in her nightshirt and picked up the handset . |
| 9 | While not everyone welcomed the regime with open arms , it is opportune to reflect on its effectiveness and to weigh up the costs and benefits of regulation of the profession by the profession . |
| 10 | She set the answering machine , grabbed her bag and locked up the flat . |
| 11 | She too was saying that she had an urge to go down with her broom and sweep up the these building works . |
| 12 | At last the cabby climbed up to his seat and whipped up the horse . |
| 13 | In fact when the cleaning lady has an ‘ audit ’ of his desk and tidies up the heaps , it is a ‘ nightmare ’ , taking him up to half a day to get back on track . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Corbett shook his head and picked up the faded leather dog collar . |
| 16 | If they are to give Great Britain a game at Old Trafford on Saturday week , Tony Gordon , Lowe 's successor as New Zealand coach , may have to swallow his pride and call up the likes of Emosi Koloto , Joe Grima and Tony Iro , who appear to have blighted their international chances by making their reputations in England . |
| 17 | ‘ Have ye not , ’ the young man 's voice was noncommittal as he straightened his back and wound up the spare netting on a wooden stake . |
| 18 | With a sigh , and a glance of regret at the clear , bright day outside , he settled down in his chair and took up the first of the tomes . |
| 19 | ‘ Understood , ’ she said , and started to slide gratefully toward the doorway as Charlie moved over into his chair and picked up the phone again . |
| 20 | Slowly and deliberately , he rose from his chair and picked up the piece of rope from the floor . |
| 21 | The Doctor rushed forward , but was too late to prevent Miles latching down his helmet and powering up the starsuit . |
| 22 | Coughing blood and phlegm , he raised his voice and shouted up the staircase into the sounds of the storm and the destruction . |
| 23 | Craig set down his glass and taking up the papers moved swiftly across the room . |
| 24 | With his left hand he tore open the tunic of his uniform and drew up the undershirt , baring the flesh . |
| 25 | Bardsley untied his apron and hung up the tea cloth that , appropriately enough in this flat , was a large linen facsimile of a pound note . |
| 26 | You read the reviews , make up your mind and stump up the cash . |
| 27 | I 'm going to take your advice and brighten up the living-room . ’ |
| 28 | Protect your face and turn up the toes of your kicking foot . |
| 29 | He seemed to have come to the deep , still centre of the sea : a place where you felt nothing , where you saw nothing except the coal-black atoms that danced before your face and knitted up the dark . |