Example sentences of "up [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She swallowed a sob of pure terror at the memory and Penry jumped up to sit beside her on the bed . |
| 2 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 3 | Mother had long since given up remonstrating with us on the need to show respect and reverence towards our aunts , her sisters-in-law . |
| 4 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 5 | Sudden silence struck the voices downstairs and , as Theda reached the railings and leaned over them , she saw his handsome features turned up to stare at her from the bottom of the stairs . |
| 6 | She 's too stuck up to look for it in the back of a cab just yet , but it 'll come to it one day when she gets a few more years on her , even the milkman wo n't be safe and she 'll be grateful . |
| 7 | He 'll end up running after her along the platform , bundling books and plaice and Government papers in through the window of the carriage at her as the train moves out … |
| 8 | Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction . |