Example sentences of "up and [verb] the [adj] [noun] " 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 | Billy looked gloomy and his friend got up and collected the empty mugs . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Though apparently divorced from ‘ Cultural Progress ’ as related to the Basutu , which Eliot was also considering in 1936 , his idea of poetic drama was part of the same concern with embodying and strengthening what he had always associated with ideas of culture and community and which his dealings with the ‘ lower races ’ had helped to teach him : the need for art linked to religious ritual as a central value summing up and sustaining the social values of a culture . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He picked it up and tapped the old tobacco out onto the range . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away . |
| 21 | The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms . |
| 22 | ‘ We can do it if the leadership of this nation will just stand up and do the right thing . ’ |
| 23 | He was then picked up and rode the entire parade sitting between Campese and Kearns . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 26 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | All over the world we are rising up and refusing the exploited identity for which we were conditioned . |
| 29 | Is to support and to build up and to bolster the Prime Minister ? |
| 30 | Wexford looked up and met the shifty eyes . |