Example sentences of "and [verb] up [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central sensitisation and wind up depend on the activity of N -methyl-D-aspartic acid ( NMDA ) receptors in the dorsal horn . |
| 2 | God damn Humber , I thought , and got up to write on the charts on the bed-table . |
| 3 | She made me coffee , gave me hugs , and at one point I fell asleep , and was at peace for a while , and woke up sprawled on the floor , my head on her lap , one gentle hand stroking my head . |
| 4 | But as the sepoy lunged forward to put an end to the struggle he stumbled , blinded by the dust and plaster from the ceiling , and fetched up choking on the floor beside Fleury . |
| 5 | Tal gave a most unparrotlike crow and flew up to perch on the top of a monitor . |
| 6 | For half a second you might have thought his fist had smashed me across the room , except that I follow through my dive into a roll and end up squatting on the floor , eight feet away , with the pistol pointing straight at his guts . |
| 7 | She stopped shouting and gave up hammering on the door . |
| 8 | She was drawn closer and ended up sitting on the arm of his chair , craning past him . |