Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] up [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And sometimes , as had happened to her last Sunday in church , he came in person and snatched them up in his everlasting arms . |
| 2 | He scooped me up in his great arms , barking at me to make myself presentable and half-carried me back into the taproom . |
| 3 | She plumped it up with her thin hands and held it out invitingly . |
| 4 | I packed you up in your painted form as I have done for every move I have made since the Summer Exhibition , and we travelled down to Bodmin together , you and I — ’ |
| 5 | It was not too big or cumbersome to take away so I packed it up in my stout old haversack and stepping out of the ruins of the boilerhouse , returned to the shed . |
| 6 | We stopped at a tavern and , before we ate our evening meal , Benjamin took me up to our flea-infested chamber . |
| 7 | When the baby was born , the O'Dells adopted her — a darling little girl , dark and pretty — and brought her up as their own , with Connor and Sean . |
| 8 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 9 | They adopted the child and brought it up as their own , christening him Matthew after Saul 's late father . |
| 10 | Although his initial interest had been aroused because of the connection between current problems and events which may have taken place in a former life , he became so enthralled by the topic that he took it up for its own sake . |
| 11 | Then I undressed her , and dressed her up in her own clothes , she acquiescent as a little child , talking all the time about the snowdrops , and how the days were beginning to draw out — and everything except people , and the circumstances in which we found ourselves . |
| 12 | Catesby took my point , smiled , and led us up to his own warm , spacious chamber in the Lion Tower . |
| 13 | The client set him up in his own office , with a Stock Exchange Automated Quotations ( SEAQ ) screen and access to all the financial press . |
| 14 | She picked him up with her left hand and held him clasped in her palm . |
| 15 | If he had the chance he picked her up in his sturdy little arms and kissed her downy head the way he saw his father do when he thought no one was looking . |
| 16 | Tony picked her up in his cherry-red convertible . |
| 17 | She was pushing against his chest but Fred rose to his feet and , moving sideways , suddenly bent down and swept her up in his strong arms . |
| 18 | Being the god of lightning his appearance resulted in Semele being charred to ashes , so Zeus plucked the infant from her remains and sewed it up in his own thigh . |
| 19 | Then he capped his own little finger with it and held it up for them both to see . |