Example sentences of "up and [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Malcolm just used to screw them up and chuck them in the bin . |
| 32 | She helped the old woman up and led her across the room . |
| 33 | Moustaine made me stand up and slapped me across the eyes with his leather gloves . |
| 34 | Later , people would come along , dig him up and remove him to a more permanent resting place where the vicar would say a few words and it would all be over , except for those who remembered him . |
| 35 | Quickly , Lissa gathered them up and dropped them in a heap on her opened briefcase . |
| 36 | Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one ? |
| 37 | He picked it up and dropped it in a bowl of fruit punch . |
| 38 | He lifted it up and dropped it in the white plastic bag which lines the litter bin . |
| 39 | So takes it up and knits it on the back . |
| 40 | Staying seated while he prowls around makes me uneasy , so I stand up and join him at the window . |
| 41 | After calling Willie several times and getting no response , he eventually gave up and tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 42 | She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin . |
| 43 | Thankfully there 's always Dave Hemingway 's grin , Brian Corrigan 's Grogan-esque voice and Heaton 's foppish dancing to cheer us up and turn it into a gorgeous and lurvely night . |
| 44 | He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him . |
| 45 | she stuck the kid in the back of the car and put the grocery in and she picked her up and brought her into the front seat , ti , tied her in and and the the , the , the , this thing was coming about |
| 46 | Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage . |
| 47 | The Doctor jumped up and took her by the hand . |
| 48 | Suddenly the official got up and took me to the lift . |
| 49 | When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement . |
| 50 | A waitress picked him up and took him round the restaurant . |
| 51 | The steak was ready and Matthew dished it up and took it to the dining table . |
| 52 | And then just up and shoot him in the good old British way . |
| 53 | I wonder if you grind it up and smoke it in a pipe with tobacco , would it have the same effect ? |
| 54 | erm I 'm not going to keep you very long because I 've nearly finished talking so erm when I 've finished perhaps you would like to bring some of your things up and put them on the table and we can all have a look at them . |
| 55 | up and put them on the window sill |
| 56 | That has been done to death by ex-managers and ex-record companies who use a list of about two dozen tracks which they write down on a sheet of paper , cut them up and put them in a hat , and whatever order they come out in that 's another album . |
| 57 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 58 | They come out of lectures and then they round them up and put them in a small group , you know . |
| 59 | He 'd tried several , imitating his Mum 's signature but he 'd scrumpled them up and put them in the waste paper basket . |
| 60 | Frau Hoflin took one look at her and refrained from asking her to pick them up and put them in the washing machine . |