Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up from the " in BNC.

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1 I got up from the grass and made my way back to the orchard as Jerry started to drop his shells in the dust cloud left in the wake of the speeding jeeps .
2 It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire !
3 I got up from the table .
4 I was remembering some of the facts I built up from the data you brought me .
5 I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed .
6 I walked up from the road , " I said .
7 I walked up from the woods with him , came
8 I looked up from the desk where I was writing in the day book .
9 She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again .
10 She got up from the floor and sat on Anna 's knee .
11 She got up from the table and walked into the conservatory with a bowl of fruit for her macaws .
12 As he came in , she got up from the couch and came across , embracing him , her eyes bright with excitement .
13 Seeing that her employer 's eyes were once again drooping heavily , she got up from the bed .
14 She got up from the table , the food hardly touched on her plate .
15 She got up from the bed and started packing , throwing things haphazardly into her bag .
16 As she bent up from the oven , up out of the kitchen , a shaft of watery sun manifested itself on the floor like a dim splash of paint .
17 Once before , you rose up from the great forests of Ireland and came to the aid of our greatest King of all , Cormac of the Wolves .
18 She sprang up from the bed with that quick restless grace which had always delighted him , and pulled on her green dress .
19 She stared up from the ground , her wings hanging loose as if she no longer had strength to hold them to her body , her left wing seeming bent as if it had once been broken .
20 She looked up from the tray she was laying — silver teapot and best china and thin bread and butter — and said , ‘ What 's up with you , Miss Down-In-The-Mouth ?
21 She looked up from the ID card , then handed it across .
22 Around nine o'clock on what was now her third night at the Lodge she looked up from the page and saw a face at the dark window staring in at her through the rain .
23 She looked up from the minutes she was collating .
24 Then she jumped up from the bed before he could grab her again and darted past him to the window .
25 We got up from the seat and strolled along the terrace .
26 They finished their drinks and as they got up from the table Fernando plucked a sprig of jasmine from the pergola .
27 Shafts of bright sunlight pierced the smoke as it welled up from the eaves and spread across the roof in a fine blue film. , Kāli came out into the doorway with a plate of puris and a small bowl of oil .
28 As I entered the room he got up from the floor , drawing his sleeve across his mouth .
29 He felt stiff when he got up from the chair and turned out the light and groped his way through the still open doorway to the bed , shedding his clothes on to the floor .
30 ‘ All right , then , ’ said his Dad , putting his hand on Philip 's shoulder as he got up from the table .
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