Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 2 | I got up from the table . |
| 3 | I got up from the grass and made my way back to the orchard as Jerry started to drop his shells in the dust cloud left in the wake of the speeding jeeps . |
| 4 | I was remembering some of the facts I built up from the data you brought me . |
| 5 | ‘ On one occasion I woke up from an operation in hospital and asked her if she had brought my Echo . ’ |
| 6 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 7 | I realised I was missing half the jokes , so I mugged up from a textbook — and here I am , ready for more ! ’ |
| 8 | I walked up from the woods with him , came |
| 9 | I walked up from the road , " I said . |
| 10 | I looked up from the desk where I was writing in the day book . |
| 11 | An explosion of methane gas which seeped up from the ground in Derbyshire 5 years ago demolished a pensioner 's house . |
| 12 | All I recollect is a grey , sombre sky and the dark Seine rushing under the bridges ; tall , sharp-gabled houses which sprang up from the cobbles and leaned crazily together , storey thrust out above storey ; the narrow , winding streets of the Latin Quarter ; the pell-mell of ascending gables and tinted roof tiles , the gables of their lower storeys sculpted into fantastic shapes of warriors or exotic animals . |
| 13 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 14 | He seemed vulnerable but then I heard the chink of armour and , looking carefully through the trees which swept up from the river , caught a glimpse of colour and steel and knew that help , if he needed it , was never far away . |
| 15 | Seeing that her employer 's eyes were once again drooping heavily , she got up from the bed . |
| 16 | She got up from the bed and started packing , throwing things haphazardly into her bag . |
| 17 | She got up from the floor and sat on Anna 's knee . |
| 18 | As he came in , she got up from the couch and came across , embracing him , her eyes bright with excitement . |
| 19 | She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again . |
| 20 | She got up from the table and walked into the conservatory with a bowl of fruit for her macaws . |
| 21 | She got up from the table , the food hardly touched on her plate . |
| 22 | Who was he , this man who knew her name , who got up from a collision that should have killed him outright , and still managed to outrun a healthy man ? |
| 23 | As she bent up from the oven , up out of the kitchen , a shaft of watery sun manifested itself on the floor like a dim splash of paint . |
| 24 | Those who came up from the Kinlochleven side may climb Am Bodach with the plan to turn east and do Na Gruagaichean , or carry on westwards for Stob Ban . |
| 25 | She sprang up from the bed with that quick restless grace which had always delighted him , and pulled on her green dress . |
| 26 | She stared up from the ground , her wings hanging loose as if she no longer had strength to hold them to her body , her left wing seeming bent as if it had once been broken . |
| 27 | He had decided to give up , had , indeed , spent several hours trying to think of one thing he actually liked about Elinor when , two days before the funeral , she looked up from a quiche Lorraine ( 'Billykins says it 's about all she could face ’ ) and barked : ‘ What are we going to drink ? ’ |
| 28 | She looked up from the minutes she was collating . |
| 29 | She looked up from the ID card , then handed it across . |
| 30 | She looked up from the tray she was laying — silver teapot and best china and thin bread and butter — and said , ‘ What 's up with you , Miss Down-In-The-Mouth ? |