Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle . |
| 2 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 3 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 4 | Then I plucked up the courage to start moving around on my own and began walking down a path when the gentleman in grey asked people to stand aside , and I stepped well back . |
| 5 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
| 6 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 7 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 8 | Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off . |
| 9 | Then I climbed up the rope myself . |
| 10 | I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway . |
| 11 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 12 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 13 | Puzzled at first , she turned every page , then she held up the book by its spine and let the pages flutter ; no sheet of paper fell out . |
| 14 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 15 | Then she picked up the wicker bird cage and took it to the sill . |
| 16 | Then she picked up the book of ‘ psychological correspondences ’ again and began with difficulty to read the letters . |
| 17 | Then she picked up the letter with the neatly typed address . |
| 18 | She waited until she heard the outer door close , then she picked up the receiver . |
| 19 | Then she tore up the sheet . |
| 20 | Ellen held her happy smile till the courtesy taxi had disappeared , then she tore up the proctologist 's business card . |
| 21 | But even then we divided up the list and had at least an aisle between us . |
| 22 | And he was shouting back to him , but , and then they went up the stair and they called up the stair and I and I do n't know whether it was an affair , the fella that was screaming but he him a mouthful ! |
| 23 | It stared at it for a moment , rubbing its arms , and then it picked up the telephone . |
| 24 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 25 | The first taste was fresh and innocuous , then it lit up the throat with a burst of sunshine : it hit the gut with a throb of heat . |
| 26 | Then he scooped up the bat , swept it back into the drawer , and composed himself at his chair . |
| 27 | I phoned Debby to get Steven 's phone number to get him to leave out the microphone and the amplifier and then he brought up the microphone and did n't bring up the amplifier . |
| 28 | Then he ran up the rope of the alarm bell . |
| 29 | So how did the work out because as far as I know the the riveter got the cash and then he divvied up the money between |
| 30 | Then he screwed up the bag and threw it about two feet away . |