Example sentences of "up and [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 2 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
| 3 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
| 4 | Then he looked up and saw the great rat . |
| 5 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
| 6 | When he looked up and saw the charging buffalo , Joseph raised his Winchester in an instinctive reflex action and dropped to his knees . |
| 7 | He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut . |
| 8 | Nigel , always ready for action , leapt up and seized the big jug of water . |
| 9 | He jumped up and tipped the flaming toast into the sink . |
| 10 | I did n't have to stand up and tell the whole truth of my heart unless I wanted to . |
| 11 | Now and then , when the night sky is starless , I look up and form the hilarious suspicion that the world will soon start making sense . |
| 12 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 13 | Then he was up and levering the round boulder free , not listening to it crash down the mountain , doubting if the attackers would hear or see — and , if they did , whether they would be persuaded that it was his own body tumbling — but it was one extra little chance that cost him only a few seconds . |
| 14 | Australian railways took up and developed the Italianate style which had been so influential in Britain and the United States earlier in the century , and by the time the principal Australian stations were built , classical was in style once more . |
| 15 | He picked it up and tapped the old tobacco out onto the range . |
| 16 | By the time she 'd sat up and pushed the dishevelled hair out of her eyes he was behind the wheel , and the car was moving forward . |
| 17 | I looked up at the French NCO , he steps forward and orders two Germans to pick up their Officer and the other two to pick up and carry the wounded Commando . |
| 18 | The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away . |
| 19 | The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms . |
| 20 | ‘ We can do it if the leadership of this nation will just stand up and do the right thing . ’ |
| 21 | He was then picked up and rode the entire parade sitting between Campese and Kearns . |
| 22 | To begin with , it is more likely to get an early warning of the cheetah 's approach , for even when its own head is down grazing , other heads are up and scanning the surrounding country ready to sound an alarm with a snort . |
| 23 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 24 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She covers it up and tells the little girl it 's full of fairies and pretty make-believe so she must n't be scared , and she tells the boy it 's really there , dead , under the shawl . ’ |
| 26 | All over the world we are rising up and refusing the exploited identity for which we were conditioned . |
| 27 | Is to support and to build up and to bolster the Prime Minister ? |
| 28 | She stood up and carried the cold coffee into the kitchen . |
| 29 | At the doorway she reached up and slotted the new dā telo twig between the stones above the lintel . |
| 30 | Immediately Holmes jumped up and hit the bell-rope hard . |