Example sentences of "up and [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clambered aboard the coach , the juniors raised a brief , cheeky cheer , half mocking and half friendly , the driver hoisted himself imperturbably into his cab , and the coach started up and surged ponderously through the gates and away along the Silcaster road . |
| 2 | Although she was not aware of it she was , in her shabby white cotton blouse and her dark green skirt , with her blue-black and glossy curls drawn up and knotted simply on the top of her head , her face glowing and vital , the only touch of colour in the grimy street . |
| 3 | And because patients can get up and exercise right after the operation , the muscles never have a chance to stiffen up . ’ |
| 4 | Push the crate left to hit the switch , go down , collect the star and fly up , left and then down , go left , collect the star , fly straight right , then fly up , land on one of the platforms on the side of the wall , jump up and go right on the chair-lifts , go down , right through the wall , climb up the blocks , push the crate down two platforms and go back through the wall , go left , down , right and jump onto the boat , go right , up and left into the tent to complete the game . |
| 5 | The worms crawl onto the sticks , which can then be picked up and dipped directly into the fry tank . |
| 6 | Breakfast was difficult , bringing with it the aroma of kippers and the sight of poached eggs quivering on plates , but by the time our lunch flask was delivered , people were perking up and looking forward to the task ahead . |
| 7 | Alyssia sat up and stared across towards the horizon . |
| 8 | He straightened up and gazed anxiously over the end of the bed at her . |
| 9 | The boat was there , tied up and rocking gently to the swirl of the dark water inshore . |
| 10 | Shrub nodded at their astonishment , and then , without another word , stood up and walked away through the bushes . |
| 11 | I struck up and walked slowly down the hill . |
| 12 | After a while she got up and walked slowly from the kitchen into the bedroom . |
| 13 | After a few moments Troy got up and walked slowly from the tent . |
| 14 | She took a deep breath , held her head up and walked forward to the end of the table . |
| 15 | Cynthia stood up and walked across to the window , where she stared out across the busy London street . |
| 16 | Perceiving the child 's intentions , Nana got up and walked stiffly to the front room , returning in an instant with the curling photograph of Queen Elizabeth from the sugar shelf . |
| 17 | The stone swung up and landed heavily on the floor . |
| 18 | There was a smile on his face and it was still on his face when he stopped as if seized up and fell headlong in the passageway . |
| 19 | He stood up and went across to the stove . |
| 20 | and then you come up and turn left at the florists |
| 21 | Outside a car engine revved up and purred away into the night . |
| 22 | If the prey looks up and stares straight at the lion or tiger , the big cat looks sheepishly away as if suddenly indifferent to the whole business of predation . |
| 23 | At night sometimes I 'm sleeping and I put me hand like that and he comes up and lays right across the back of my pillow . |
| 24 | She swung the boot cover up and reached inside for the two carrier bags of supplies . |
| 25 | She sat up and reached blindly for the clasp of the bra , and just for a moment her breasts swung into view . |
| 26 | He pulled it off and felt the cold air bite into his hot skin , his scanty hair standing up and waving gently in the breeze . |
| 27 | Then they got up and ate hungrily on the hot porch , then sunbathed in the sweltering heat , lying in each other 's arms on the white beach , talking softly as the sea rippled beyond them . |
| 28 | When I designed the L.game it seemed obvious from the rules I had written that the pieces could be picked up and placed anywhere on the board . |
| 29 | Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention . |
| 30 | Yesterday it announced figures for the first half of 1989 so late in the day that the London market had mostly packed up and gone home by the time the screens showed that profits had risen from Ir £109m to Ir £121m and earnings were up from 21.7p to 25.4p basic . |