Example sentences of "up and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy . |
| 2 | He said and we 'll take it up and repair it for you . |
| 3 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 4 | Jonathan , Jonathan , dad wants to watch the news in a minute please , so hurry up and change it over You 'd think they 'd save that You do n't know , I would n't be surprised you will well that 's marvellous is n't it ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She picked it up and set it on her knee , then began taking out the yellow and black wooden pieces and setting them on the board . |
| 7 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 8 | I thought the part that , you know , she forgot it er well I know she did n't forget it , she just did it on purpose , but three days after my birthday it 's her wee brother 's first birthday and she had , she had the nerve to ring me up and invite me to her brother 's first birthday party accept and go up there with a present and a card and all and she could n't even have rang me up to say happy birthday So I have n't |
| 9 | Colin , get that photograph of that Porsche , blow it up and stick it at your work-station in your branch . |
| 10 | Er I 'd just like one to call up and tell me about their pay . |
| 11 | I should pick it up and bite it with your teeth if it 's getting too difficult . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He had wanted to take each part ; eyes , skin , hair , bones , and he had wanted to scoop her up and hold her between his hands and never release her again . |
| 14 | ‘ This book : if you lose it somewhere , someone will pick it up and return it to you . |
| 15 | Then , slowly , his right hand came up and peeled hers from his arm . |
| 16 | I was gon na screw it up and throw it at you . |
| 17 | Unless you intend tying me up and locking me in my room ? ’ |
| 18 | Indeed the only real drawback , if you can call it that , is that people are continually coming up and congratulating us on our victory over England . ’ |
| 19 | The cones are now all flowing with pitch , and my hands are soon so covered with it that I can not easily cast down my booty when I would , it sticks to my fingers so ; and when I get down at last and have picked them up , I can not touch my basket with such hands but carry it on my arm , nor can I pick up my coat which I have taken off unless with my teeth — or else I kick it up and catch it on my arm . |
| 20 | It need not be individual life , since in Bilbo 's second version others can take it up and follow it in their turn ; however in Frodo 's and Bilbo 's first version the image of the traveller pursuing the Road looks very like a symbol of the individual pursuing his moment of consciousness down the unknown road which is everyone 's future life , to an end which no one can predict . |
| 21 | Knock on her door at 3 a.m. for a leg massage and I swear she would get up and do it for you , though she might swear a little under her breath ! |
| 22 | Do n't waste another night , she said ; if there is somebody here you want then you go right up and tell him about it , you just tell him , because he may not be here tomorrow night . |
| 23 | Eat them or mash them up and put them on your face — with their soothing properties , carrots really earn their ‘ skin-food ’ label . |
| 24 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 25 | It landed on the floor beside Lavender 's desk and very quickly she ducked down and picked it up and put it into her pencil-box for another time . |
| 26 | ‘ Dr Williams ripped a New Year 's Eve dance poster off the noticeboard , screwed it up and put it behind his back . ’ |
| 27 | One of you has picked it up and put it in your pocket ’ ! |
| 28 | He set down the plate and taking a piece of newspaper out of his pocket wrapped the fat up and put it in his pocket . |
| 29 | Undoing his Sulka tie , he rolled it up and put it in his pocket . |
| 30 | It assured him of his right to be here and he picked it up and put it in his jacket pocket before walking through into the hall with its white doors leading to the reception rooms . |