Example sentences of "up [coord] take [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Joe got out slowly , stiffly , and he straightened up and took a deep breath of the exhaust-tainted air . |
2 | If it had been a Peter Reid type , someone who battles and fights his way through every game as if his very life depended on it , I might have sat up and took a little bit more notice . |
3 | The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away . |
4 | The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms . |
5 | ‘ And I know that when the pressure is on , I can get up and take a 20-minute walk around the reserve and come back again . |