Example sentences of "up and [v-ing] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenkins , just too old for combat , was the only groom left at Brougham , but he was already up and mucking out the boxes , for he still had six horses to do . |
| 2 | Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz. Berk . |
| 3 | An elderly Indian woman in a sari is closing up and bringing down the grated gate . |
| 4 | She re-read his covering note again , picking up and turning over the other enclosed letter in her hands . |
| 5 | Nelson 's had just issued a short book of mine on Turkey , and he scrutinized it with care , holding it high up and bending back the spine as if to test its durability . |
| 6 | Because I enjoy bathing , washing up and hosing down the car , the concept appealed to me . |
| 7 | She had died instantaneously , or pretty nearly so , without first getting up and crawling down the embankment , or for that matter getting up and riding a bicycle . |
| 8 | Christmas day itself was for sobering up and clearing up the debris from the wild night before , and after lunch the entire regiment was allowed ‘ quartier libre ’ or free time in town . |