Example sentences of "up and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lights went on ; we leapt up and pounced on them , adding our howls of ingrate triumph to the general confusion — ending the happy myth not with a whimper but a bang , while Addy , the fellow-conspirator , leant against the wall and laughed herself to helplessness … |
| 2 | King Crimson was being partied by a signing label and they got up and played with Donovan . |
| 3 | It was not pretty to watch , with the ball often being held up and played back to Cann , but it was effective , and Farnham were ready to strike when their own chance came along . |
| 4 | Julian ( 4.5 ) and David ( 4.2 ) stood them up and played a game with them as rockets going up to the sky . |
| 5 | ‘ He kept waking up and telling me silly things … |
| 6 | ‘ You can carry on doing my washing , if that will please you — and knowing you as I do , I do n't doubt you 'll be in here at least once or twice a week clearing things up and telling me what a mess I 'm living in — just as you do now . |
| 7 | Well I suppose ringing them up and telling them how they 've been going , how they 're galloping , how they do n't gallop . |
| 8 | Then Robert Topping , the Conservative Chief Agent , drew up and presented to Chamberlain a memorandum saying that ‘ from practically all quarters ’ he heard the view that the leader ought to go . |
| 9 | The list had been drawn up and presented to Cristiani by the independent Truth Commission , with responsibility under the peace agreement for ascertaining who was responsible for human rights violations during the civil war ( 1980-1991 ) . |
| 10 | Records of membership , subscriptions and payments had to be kept , and at times of dispute , petitions and other statements of grievances were drawn up and presented from at least the beginning of the eigh-teenth century . |
| 11 | Not the most patient young lady in the world , Dolly sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed . |
| 12 | She got up and swung him around . |
| 13 | A minute , two minutes passed ; then I sat up and swung out of bed . |
| 14 | What seemed a daunting quantity of hard male muscle clenched into action as he sat up and swung his long legs to the ground . |
| 15 | She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed . |
| 16 | ‘ They are not ! ’ she protested , locking her wrists together when her hands seemed about to flutter up and cover those very eyes from his probing gaze . |
| 17 | She stood up and kissed him lightly on the lips . |
| 18 | He stood up and kissed his forehead . |
| 19 | And the first time she met Luke she stepped up and kissed him passionately on the lips . |
| 20 | Carrie got up and kissed her father before she left the ward , followed by her husband who was talking to Nellie . |
| 21 | Ellie leaned up and kissed her brother on the cheek , then she put both hands on his biceps . |
| 22 | She came up and kissed him . |
| 23 | Katherine beamed , leapt up and kissed him . |
| 24 | He jumped up and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 25 | I picked him up and kissed him until the screaming changed to crying . |
| 26 | I got up and kissed her on the way up and went to meet the boys . |
| 27 | She reached up and kissed him softly on the mouth . |
| 28 | Alexandra reached up and kissed his cheek . |
| 29 | Then he stood up and kissed his brother 's hand . |
| 30 | When they parted outside the Lyons , Bridget reached up and kissed Clare lightly on the cheek . |