Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer of 1675 , in the course of Louis XIV 's Dutch War , he found himself up against the great imperial general Montecucculi , who in the previous year had outmanoeuvred Turenne to capture Bonn . |
| 2 | Dexter levered himself up from the chair , his eyelids leaden with sleep , and murmured that he had to go home and rest . |
| 3 | GEC , under the guidance of Lord Weinstock , built itself up into the largest manufacturing employer in the UK , producing a wide range of products from telecommunications to defence electronics . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 5 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 6 | Anthea drew herself up in the chair and her dark eyes flashed like rapiers at Montgomery . |
| 7 | Most academics involved in the study and teaching of local government lined themselves up behind the councils which they perceived to be under threat , in a centrally inspired attack on local democracy and local autonomy . |
| 8 | With only the staff at Bloomsbury House and their regional offices as the long stop for advice and modest practical assistance , it is not surprising that a high proportion of Kindertransporte veterans , possibly as many as one in ten , found themselves up against the police or other bastions of social authority . |
| 9 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 10 | He got himself up in the morning and dressed in the clothes Emmie had put out for him the night before . |
| 11 | ‘ Damn cheek , ’ he muttered , and hitched himself up onto the edge of the couch . |
| 12 | Then he hauled himself up over the Zodiac 's port tube and rolled on to the floor slats . |
| 13 | But bravely Close hauled himself up at the count of nine and by the end of the round he was back to his old self . |
| 14 | Detectives believed the armed man must have run inside the hospital and holed himself up in the office . |
| 15 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 16 | Laura hauled herself up from the sofa and went to answer it . |
| 17 | Even Jezrael hauled herself up by the strappings on a crate : silver lights shone through the mists of twilight . |
| 18 | Yes , this is the stuff real men are made of and let all those jessie pop stars who holed themselves up in the luxury of four star hotels hang their heads in shame ! |
| 19 | The meal finished , Stan Carver , placing his hands on each side of his plate , slowly raised himself up from the table and , standing still for a moment , said , ‘ Thank God for a good dinner . ’ |
| 20 | I crossed behind her , and seized a pair of steps , used to reach the higher shelves ; I dragged the steps to the middle of the room , climbed them , swung myself up through the skylight by which the monster had entered . |
| 21 | He pulled himself up over the wall and disappeared . |
| 22 | Benny pulled himself up from the floor with difficulty . |
| 23 | Slowly James Grierson pulled himself up from the floor . |
| 24 | Simon pulled himself up inside the kiosk : ‘ It looks like a bomb 's hit it ! — Is that the cash-box over there ? |
| 25 | He worked himself up into the kind of rage that leads to unforgivable things being said . |
| 26 | When the war was seen to be lost , after some vacillation he delivered himself up to the Scottish army at Newark . |
| 27 | She pulled herself up on the bed and , kneeling in such a way that George could see her breasts to their best advantage , took his phallus into her mouth . |
| 28 | She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper . |
| 29 | Aggie pulled herself up from the seat , saying , tersely now , ‘ Well , love , she has . ’ |
| 30 | Aggie pulled herself up from the chair . |