Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slowed down but even then I locked up the front wheel in one of the fast corners and I fell again . |
| 2 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
| 3 | Thus at my ease , I ate my tea and then I washed up the dirty crocks . |
| 4 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 5 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 6 | Then she picked up the tall glass she had carried down with her , and which was now empty , walked sedately to the water 's edge , filled it with ice-cold water and returned to see that he had not shifted . |
| 7 | Then she picked up the dirty washing and went to the door . |
| 8 | And then they f—ed up the whole world . |
| 9 | Then he picked up the internal phone and pressed a button . |