Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up and " in BNC.

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1 Everyone cracked up and Jerry turned red but it was the highlight of the evening .
2 ‘ Well , someone got up and said I could n't propose throwing redcoats out of Belfast because there were n't any nowadays .
3 Someone got up and put on a Pink Floyd album .
4 I ask you and someone got up and like turned the
5 I choked up and , big daft girl 's blouse that I am , burst into tears .
6 ‘ I think you gave me one too , ’ I said , then , very gingerly , I straightened up and twisted round to see that Murder Cay was far behind us and well out of machine-gun range .
7 I put my stethoscope on her heart and listened to the increasingly faint , rapid beat then I straightened up and sat on the rug looking sightlessly into the fireplace , feeling the warmth of the flames on my face .
8 Another rifleman had bartered some of his Red Cross parcel for a loaf of bread ; ‘ The conditions of living and surviving had made us all as cunning as foxes ’ , so this rifleman that night slept with it under his neck , but someone crept up and cut off both the ends .
9 Someone crept up and thrust a sword under the back plate of his armour , slicing his spine . ’
10 I got up and left .
11 Without thinking , I got up and went over to see if I could lend a hand .
12 I got up and walked quickly out of the coffee shop , up over the footbridge and on to the other platform — jumping on to the train just as it was about to go .
13 I got up and walked quietly out into the early evening .
14 I got up and started to walk around .
15 I got up and had another little walk around , finishing up just over the road from Buckingham Palace .
16 After about twenty minutes I got up and prepared to leave , thanking both of them for their hospitality .
17 I got up and quietly bolted the door .
18 After a bit I got up and — I went back .
19 I got up and , sitting at my window , looked out over the still-sleeping city , and wrote my first poem to this unknown god :
20 I got up and made coffee .
21 I got up and raced after them .
22 I got up and dressed quickly and as quietly as I could , but Colin was awake and he mumbled a ‘ good luck ’ as I headed for the door .
23 I got up and ran after him .
24 I got up and shouted , ‘ What — ?
25 I got up and sprinted the 150 yards or so .
26 I got up and he knocked me down again .
27 I got up and walked to the window .
28 The second officer said : ‘ I got up and ran out of the tent .
29 There was the board of governors sitting at the back on this cold grey Monday and I got up and I did some Shakespeare and by the time I finished , dawn was breaking .
30 I got up and dressed in a sweater and pants , made my bed , then sat on the end and shook physically with anxiety .
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