Example sentences of "get up [conj] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in this place who have got up and done a day 's work before they 've come here ! |
| 2 | She got up and made a cup of tea , sitting by her bed to drink it , her face pale and set . |
| 3 | As the fire burnt down , the duergar got up and took a log lying to the right of the fire and placed it amongst the embers . |
| 4 | sat around a little bit , got up and had a walk , find a |
| 5 | Nina got up and smiled a smile that was meant for no-one . |
| 6 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 7 | I get up and have a look round the room , but things are blurry on account of my tears and I ca n't find her fags . |
| 8 | Connections between the men 's behaviour in the bar and the roomful of college boys who cheer a news report discrediting Sarah Bob , one of the rapists gets up and takes a bow — and crucially , with the male provenance of the District Attorney 's office . |
| 9 | On the way a strong wind gets up and blows a tree down . |
| 10 | She had died instantaneously , or pretty nearly so , without first getting up and crawling down the embankment , or for that matter getting up and riding a bicycle . |
| 11 | If Cohen showed the slightest inclination to get up or cause a commotion , he 'd have to knock him out — swiftly and silently . |
| 12 | A second after Perdita fell asleep , it seemed Luke was banging on the door telling her to get up and to wear a sweater as it was cold first thing . |
| 13 | Inside , he ‘ used to make all the mince pies for Christmas ’ , peel the potatoes for Sunday lunch , and every morning make breakfast : ‘ you never had to get up and make a cup of tea of a morning , he 'd get up . |
| 14 | Erm , so if you want to get up and have a dance , that 's the one to play to . |
| 15 | You may not want to get up and run a race immediately after eating but you should not eat so much that you find it difficult to climb a flight of stairs . |
| 16 | And they did n't get up and take a bow afterwards . |
| 17 | • If you ca n't get to sleep , do n't get up or have a meal or snack ; relax and read quietly instead . |