Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] up the [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Judging the business to be done , Ramlal picked up the papers and went to the door .
2 Lee picked up the vibes and looked with wide-eyed apprehension as I held my breath and waited .
3 Mina piled up the plates and took them outside to wash , and the dog rummaged round the floor in search of bones .
4 When Sargent covered up the stripes and surface with a transparent film , the moths no longer lined up correctly .
5 Sean gathered up the reins and drove off at a smart pace .
6 One by one , Polly gathered up the children and placed them carefully on the privet bird 's back .
7 With this message already composed in his mind , William Joyce picked up the suitcases and led his wife from the echoing terminus of glass and iron .
8 Dougal picked up the papers and followed Lorton upstairs .
9 Madeleine picked up the epithets and laughed at them .
10 Conley picked up the passengers but as he overtook a car on Overdale Road , Park End , Middlesbrough , he lost control .
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