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 . |