Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] up [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was running well until I felt a twinge in my hamstring and pulled up short of the finish line . |
| 2 | He played his best shot of the round , a long , low 3-wood , which landed short of the slope at the front of the platform green and ran up level with the flag . |
| 3 | He smiled , said ‘ hello ’ and then unexpectedly stuck out his foot and tripped up one of the slaves . |
| 4 | He managed to spend the odd hour alone with Grace , who told him she had fallen for a Welsh corporal who had stood on a land-mine and ended up blind in one eye . |
| 5 | He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper . |
| 6 | Without changing his position , Jacob reached between himself and the woman and picked up one of the tankards , holding it out to Seb . |
| 7 | We will now examine each item in turn and point up some of the main arguments . |
| 8 | She started walking again , crossed the road and headed up one of the streets of Regency terraced houses . |
| 9 | They have allowed their care in the community policy for ex-mental patients to amount to no more than people drifting within a community of hostels , in which one finds people who have fallen through the safety net and ended up homeless on the streets . |
| 10 | We recommend that you visit the tourist office and pick up one of the ‘ walking maps ’ to make the most of the area . |
| 11 | On other occasions , people are spewed out into the atmosphere and turn up hundreds of miles away . |
| 12 | If he did apply in time and gave up all to one creditor , he remained a prisoner in the rest of the actions . |
| 13 | But in South Africa , because male dancers were scarce , every available man willing to go on stage and hold up one of the women had to be encouraged and enabled to do so ; consequently , even the most rudimentary beginners were taught partnering . |