Example sentences of "up [coord] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans , in particular , were self-confident and well educated , and their solidarity was in stark contrast with the disunity of the United Kingdom representatives , who were attending as individuals and had no national body to back them up or to formulate a national policy . |
| 2 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 3 | Go up and get the old and see if . |
| 4 | Indeed , wages only began to catch up and threaten a widening wage/price spiral in 1973 . |
| 5 | He had bent down , his hand among the grasses but as she spoke he straightened up and thrust a grubby fist into his pocket . |
| 6 | Elizabeth looked up and saw a brown uniform and a friendly face , framed in the lovely black hair typical of the Maltese . |
| 7 | He looked up and saw a wooden stave falling towards his head . |
| 8 | I looked up and saw a big-ribbed canopy of light pink and white descending over me , and the next moment I felt myself drawn downward , feet first , and I realised that I was being swallowed by a whale . |
| 9 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
| 10 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
| 11 | Then he looked up and saw the great rat . |
| 12 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
| 13 | She looked up and saw the high , gleaming shape of a Rolls-Royce double parked beside a taxi . |
| 14 | When he looked up and saw the charging buffalo , Joseph raised his Winchester in an instinctive reflex action and dropped to his knees . |
| 15 | He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut . |
| 16 | ‘ No it 's the phone , ’ said Ellen , who picked it up and had a pretend conversation in her undifferentiated monotone . |
| 17 | Suddenly , a complete stranger jumped up and said an impromptu prayer for John , and then another . |
| 18 | " Well , " Ajayi said , leaving the open entrance to the balcony as a light wind picked up and blew a small flurry of snow around her booted feet , " at least the game 's over . " |
| 19 | Before she knew it Rosa had stood up and deposited the soft warm bundle in Ruth 's arms . |
| 20 | Just like the other doctors , it has scrubbed up and donned a protective gown before starting work in Sacramento , California . |
| 21 | Nigel , always ready for action , leapt up and seized the big jug of water . |
| 22 | He jumped up and tipped the flaming toast into the sink . |
| 23 | A small corner of my brain ached to send the message : Hand rise up and smash the soft , repulsive body away … but … |
| 24 | I did n't have to stand up and tell the whole truth of my heart unless I wanted to . |
| 25 | But the hands came cunning and swift and raised a harsh green fabric up , until there was darkness over his head and he was paralysed with fear as he was lifted up and began a long and terrible journey . |
| 26 | The small group halted as Springfield and the other ran up and formed a loose throng around them . |
| 27 | Now and then , when the night sky is starless , I look up and form the hilarious suspicion that the world will soon start making sense . |
| 28 | When Guinness is dispensed from a draught tap , the consumer is able to see the ‘ surge ’ rise up and form the characteristic creamy head . |
| 29 | Billy looked gloomy and his friend got up and collected the empty mugs . |
| 30 | Well I think it 's best to , yeah yeah , I mean o the best thing to do is actually lift it up and use a little bit of the underneath to try out the colours what colour 's that going to be ? |