Example sentences of "[vb past] up and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WALL AFTER WALL of raging water rose up and thundered on to the strange craft intent on destroying it and the frail humans clinging to it for their lives . |
| 2 | A final factor affecting the erosion of cliff coasts composed of hard rock is the load of stones and boulders stirred up and moved about by the waves . |
| 3 | Her hands came up and clamped on to his wrists . |
| 4 | On encoffining , the hood would be unfolded and drawn over the face , the top sheet turned up and tucked in around the neck , if not higher . |
| 5 | As it was everybody was thankfully unhurt , though a scary moment occurred when the AA member turned up and turned out to be none other than an ex-member of THE TREMELOES . |
| 6 | He clambered up and flopped down beside her . |
| 7 | Do n't touch it — no stamina — Old Andrew sold up and ran out to Gloucestershire as soon as there was a spot of bother here . " |
| 8 | The second officer said : ‘ I got up and ran out of the tent . |
| 9 | Lee got up and ran back to the toilet , picking up the helmet that was on the floor . |
| 10 | Ethel got up and flounced out of the hall , looking grim . |
| 11 | The keeper got up and minced out of the room . |
| 12 | Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened . |
| 13 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 14 | His master got up and looked out of the window . |
| 15 | Cameron got up and went over to the back window . |
| 16 | The thought of Milward cheered him up , and he got up and went over to the bookcase where the offending pamphlet was stored . |
| 17 | He got up and went over to the sack . |
| 18 | ‘ I was upset at being kept awake by people snoring , ’ said Fintan , but after a moment he got up and went off to the buttery himself , ‘ because we need to know if the parsley butter is ready , ’ he said rather defiantly . |
| 19 | She got up and went down to the kitchen to start getting their dinner . |
| 20 | Dot got up and went along to the kitchen for Mrs Parvis 's High Tea . |
| 21 | He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline . |
| 22 | Dr Sasaki got up and went back to work . |
| 23 | He got up and went back to the pony , climbing on as Nutty had told him . |
| 24 | Rupert got up and went back to his desk massaging his scalp with both hands . |
| 25 | After a while she locked the door again , got up and went back to the glass table . |
| 26 | He got up and went back to the window , willing the door 's reflection to move . |
| 27 | Phone 's in the hall and he got up and went out to it . |
| 28 | He simply cleared his plate , drank his tea , and then got up and went out of the house . |
| 29 | I got up and went out of my room . |
| 30 | He got up and went out of the room , to return after a moment with a duvet , which he tucked around her . |