Example sentences of "[verb] up [conj] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is almost certainly from a Roman source — an autobiographical letter by Scipio Nasica — that Plutarch derived his picture of Aemilius Paulus , the father of Scipio Aemilianus , receiving King Perseus as a prisoner : " Aemilius saw in him a great man whose fall was due to the resentment of the gods and his own evil fortune , and rose up and came to meet him , accompanies by his friends and with tears in his eyes " ( Aem . |
| 2 | Never late Jo is , half-past eight sharp like a bloody train steaming up and come on Maggie for Christ 's sake they close the nursery doors at nine you should know that by now . |
| 3 | One night , I remember , I woke up and came down again at ten . |
| 4 | In my dream , I woke up and came to the office . |
| 5 | Maybe seven minutes had passed but she dared not wait any longer because who knew when the miners might give up and come back ? |
| 6 | The Funny Farm makes a special effort to help up and coming bands . |
| 7 | Open up and come out . ’ |
| 8 | What I principally object to are all our dreary , smug books about growing up and coming to terms with oneself , that … are merely another brand of conformity … . |
| 9 | Sarah stand up and come over here . |
| 10 | Are the salary levels of those recruited by headhunters likely to go up or come down ? |
| 11 | He straightened up and came over , directing his question at Delaney . |
| 12 | About 30 tons of turf and top soil , and several tons of burned tarmac , were removed from the area over which the aircraft had broken up and come to rest ; the tyres of vehicles , footwear of personnel , and all items of equipment used at the site , were taken to the hanger and cleaned of mud and grass . |
| 13 | She got up and came to him ; she leant down and kissed him . |
| 14 | But he got up and came blundering on towards them . |
| 15 | And suddenly , astonishingly , astonished , she began to weep , great sobs bursting out of her , tears leaping from her eyes , a kind of howling noise in her nose and throat , and Charles got up and came and sat by her and took her in his arms as she howled like a six-year-old . |
| 16 | He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side . |
| 17 | I did it , she said in a clear voice : I heard someone calling me so I got up and came downstairs . |
| 18 | He got up and came to squat next to her , flipping through the pages rather impatiently until he stopped suddenly . |
| 19 | Someone sitting at a table at the far end of the cafe got up and came over to them . |
| 20 | He was in black — a thick high-necked sweater and , she noticed when he got up and came round the side of the desk , a pair of black corduroys that moulded his thighs as if tailored specially for him , as indeed they probably had been . |
| 21 | The other woman , whom she described as a man-hater , made her get up and come to the lavatories and once inside shouted vehemently , ‘ Do n't you ever do that again , if those men see you crying they 'll walk all over you ’ . |
| 22 | When they went into the crowded dining-room for dinner two people sprang up and came straight towards them . |
| 23 | and she 'd draw up and come in the church , in the shop yard there and I used to , when I got home she 'd be hot , you see . |
| 24 | I 'm getting up and coming downstairs . |
| 25 | Now he was getting up and coming round the table towards her . |
| 26 | I did n't want them fussing , trying to persuade me to give up and come home … ! ’ |
| 27 | And if you start to talk about me giving up and coming home with you , it ends right there . ’ |
| 28 | so I thought right , she said to me he 'd want a bottle , so come like ten past eleven , he 's like whinging , he 's drunk all his milk , then went up and come down and eat all his dinner and his pudding |
| 29 | But the truth to tell Sunday morning I went up and come in and Fred had his er cushion and Windy was fallen across it |
| 30 | You get out , I 'll straighten up and come in . |