Example sentences of "[vb past] up [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wayne was driving now as they left the last of the houses behind , following the lake shore for a while until the wooded hillside of the Step rose up and screened it from their sight . |
| 2 | A billowing wave of darkness rose up and sucked her to its depths , and she sank to the floor . |
| 3 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 4 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 5 | Then , slowly , his right hand came up and peeled hers from his arm . |
| 6 | She would n't acknowledge an Eternal Verity if one came up and smacked her in the chops . |
| 7 | A muscular leg came up and trapped hers beneath it . |
| 8 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |
| 9 | There they would line Hollins Hill as the walkers toiled up and cheer them on their way . |
| 10 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 11 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 12 | Celia got up and followed her into the kitchen , and there were muffled sounds of crying . |
| 13 | I got up and kissed her on the way up and went to meet the boys . |
| 14 | A guardsman got up and thanked him in English for granting the battalion a week 's leave . |
| 15 | He said as much when he got up and drove me to the airport . ’ |
| 16 | Suddenly the official got up and took me to the lift . |
| 17 | When she was alone on the terrace , she found herself staring fixedly at a cockroach as it scuttled around in the heat , then got up and hammered it to death with her shoe . |
| 18 | Josh sprang up and helped her into a chair . |
| 19 | Phrases leapt up and hit him with a force which was almost physical . |
| 20 | At noon Sir Michael Adeane rang up and asked me to be at the Palace at 2 o'clock . |
| 21 | So I rang up and told them in the office . |
| 22 | So when Fleischmann and Pons announced test-tube fusion as a source of energy — which was the ‘ angle ’ that the media took up and portrayed it as a clean source — the news that they apparently saw tritium as a fusion product was lost on most media , but it made many scientists concerned and others excited . |
| 23 | But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd . |
| 24 | After calling Willie several times and getting no response , he eventually gave up and tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 25 | She arched against him , her hands searching desperately for his skin , and with a harsh groan he stood up and dragged her to her feet . |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth stood up and praised it to the heavens — they all did , calling it the flagship of their policy . |
| 27 | Mr Wishart stood up and opened it for her , handing her the wicker basket which seemed surprisingly light ; the old lady stepped off the train onto a now deserted platform . |
| 28 | David stood up and pulled her to her feet . |
| 29 | Hugh Jones , chairman of the board , stood up and waved her to a chair . |
| 30 | The Woman stood up and faced him across the table . |