Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she stands up and crosses to the other armchair . |
| 2 | It seems not , for Philip Swallow immediately removes his hand , stands up and moves to the window . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She rings up and complains to James that she has n't any money and she wants this and she wants that . |
| 4 | The warmth and elegance of Davis 's style was made immediately apparent in the first movement of the Ireland Sonata No. 1 , with its engagingly lyrical main tune which almost sits up and begs to be liked . |
| 5 | She inches to the edge of the bed , he follows ; she lies on her back , his hand attempts to part her furiously dry lips ; she wraps herself in the sheet , the tense warmth of his body suffocates her doubly ; she leaps up and goes to the lavatory , he watches her through the glass wall . |
| 6 | When the predator comes too close , the parent bird suddenly leaps up and flies to safety . |