Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , however , also a period when complete adult suffrage was achieved , and in which a political consensus was built up that enabled the Labour Party to establish itself alongside the older parties , so that an element of working-class power developed without turning into a revolutionary force . |
| 2 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 3 | He hung up and got the last volume of the bigger directory from the rack under the table . |
| 4 | I got up and sprinted the 150 yards or so . |
| 5 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
| 6 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
| 7 | Then he looked up and saw the great rat . |
| 8 | But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street , watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it . |
| 9 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
| 10 | When he looked up and saw the charging buffalo , Joseph raised his Winchester in an instinctive reflex action and dropped to his knees . |
| 11 | Clare looked up and saw the tallest man she had ever seen ; he had curly black hair and black-lashed , dark brown eyes , now filled with worry . |
| 12 | He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut . |
| 13 | Nigel , always ready for action , leapt up and seized the big jug of water . |
| 14 | He jumped up and tipped the flaming toast into the sink . |
| 15 | Billy looked gloomy and his friend got up and collected the empty mugs . |
| 16 | Australian railways took up and developed the Italianate style which had been so influential in Britain and the United States earlier in the century , and by the time the principal Australian stations were built , classical was in style once more . |
| 17 | He picked it up and tapped the old tobacco out onto the range . |
| 18 | Then I got up and took the two rugs by their corners and dragged them outside the door . |
| 19 | The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away . |
| 20 | The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms . |
| 21 | He was then picked up and rode the entire parade sitting between Campese and Kearns . |
| 22 | Wexford looked up and met the shifty eyes . |
| 23 | She stood up and carried the cold coffee into the kitchen . |
| 24 | At the doorway she reached up and slotted the new dā telo twig between the stones above the lintel . |
| 25 | When the record ended he sat up and drained the last drop of his drink , then banged the empty tumbler loudly on the low , glass-topped table beside him . |
| 26 | Immediately Holmes jumped up and hit the bell-rope hard . |
| 27 | Immediately Holmes jumped up and hit the bell-rope hard . |
| 28 | Tom picked him up and watched the two boys disappear round the corner . |
| 29 | After a bit they sat up and watched the welcome breeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley . |
| 30 | In the chip shop we bought some fish out the fryer and put in the top and straight away got them bloody tongs picked it up and poured the bloody grease off it and put it in the bloody bag thought it was terrible . |