Example sentences of "get up [prep] a [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 He got up after a while and paced round the high-ceilinged room , looking at the layered posters and the soft toys , the two old wardrobes , the small ring-tree on the window ledge , hung with little cheap , colourful rings .
2 Léonie got up after a moment and went out to get the salad .
3 I get up after a bit and stick the stuff back in my pockets and start walking the way I came in .
4 It 's easy and it would have been easy for me to get up on a platform or to go into the department and say , look lads , you know , we feel that you 're justified in walking out the door .
5 Last week , Jarman had n't quite decided whether they were to talk to the audience or simply sleep through the exhibition 's four-day run — ‘ although they 'll be allowed to get up for a pee and lunch , ’ he added generously .
6 One might have hoped Frodo would get up on a block and speak to everybody , impose his will .
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