Example sentences of "[pn reflx] up [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 2 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 3 | The red-haired baby with the bright blue eyes heaves himself up to a standing position , staggers , then sits down abruptly with a look of mild surprise . |
| 4 | Instead of reassuring Stephen , now working himself up to a fever pitch of nervous excitement with the launch date in view , Michael 's superior manner had begun to grate . |
| 5 | Her husband appeared to have something wrong with him — he was shaking as if shell-shocked and propped himself up with a walking stick in his right hand . |
| 6 | The second time he came round , he suddenly pulled himself up into a sitting position . |
| 7 | A self-confessed con-artist and charlatan , he used his ‘ nimbleness of wit ’ to set himself up as a quack doctor and an exorcist . |
| 8 | Through it all , remarks one of its editors , Alexander Whyte , ‘ like volcanic rock , thrusting itself up into a harvest field , so does Andrewes ' acute and abiding remorse for sin pierce up through his finest and fullest psalms of Thanksgiving ’ . |
| 9 | Get y'rself up as a Geho'quein spine-toad or somethin ’ , come on down and mingle . |
| 10 | She pushed herself up into a sitting position . |
| 11 | Not trusting her voice , she shook her head , and , pulling herself up into a sitting position , watched him walk away . |
| 12 | You 're afraid to ask you landlord for a repair because if you do , are you setting yourself up for a rent increase ? |
| 13 | I pull myself up to a sitting position . |