Example sentences of "up and [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lights went on ; we leapt up and pounced on them , adding our howls of ingrate triumph to the general confusion — ending the happy myth not with a whimper but a bang , while Addy , the fellow-conspirator , leant against the wall and laughed herself to helplessness … |
| 2 | Franco made clear what those choices were in a " National Programme for Resurgence " which he personally drew up and passed to his ministers for action in October 1939 . |
| 3 | President , delegates , when this resolution was drawn up and passed by my branch at the latter part of nineteen ninety two , we understood the text of Chancellor Lamont 's Autumn Statement regarding public sector workers and a ceiling of one point five per cent on pay increases starting in nineteen ninety three . |
| 4 | After a minute I get up and go into my old room . |
| 5 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 6 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 7 | The man at the table straightened up and looked at me . |
| 8 | She sat up and looked at me . |
| 9 | The blacksmith straightened up and looked at her . |
| 10 | When he straightened up and looked at her again she saw his face was scarlet with embarrassment . |
| 11 | He glanced up and looked at her again and just for a moment it was as if they were alone in the midst of the hubbub of the fairground . |
| 12 | He tossed her shorts away , then sat up and looked at her with desire-darkened eyes as he tugged down the zip on his own shorts and flung them away . |
| 13 | She stood up and looked at him unyieldingly . |
| 14 | I stood up and looked at myself in the mirror . |
| 15 | Hilda Machin pulled herself up and looked at her wristwatch in mock consternation . |
| 16 | Everyone shut up and looked at them . |
| 17 | Tom sat up and looked at them . |
| 18 | And I remember this time in Winners when he , he picked them up and looked at them and said I do n't think these are the right ones for my car and that , that 's why I thought |
| 19 | I was working on some shoes on the table , and Will picked one up and looked at it . |
| 20 | Rachaela got up and looked at it . |
| 21 | I picked it up and looked at it . |
| 22 | Sir Daniel stood up and looked at his watch with some ostentation . |
| 23 | When it passed off he straightened up and looked at his watch . |
| 24 | He eased his sleeve up and looked at his watch . |
| 25 | He lifted my chin up and looked into my eyes with a funny , half-actorish solemnity , and said quietly , " I am so glad to see you again . " |
| 26 | Er , a very negative form of er , of behaviour , can be , you can actually get highly directive , and start telling people , erm , we 've already identified that influences , not having that ability to tell , it 's something that people try and do it , it 's a , it 's a facade , that people put up and get behind them . |
| 27 | It 's not just the spots , he 's all puffed up and swollen with it . |
| 28 | The blunt end of the club suddenly came up and pressed against his cheek , and then moved around to rest against his teeth . |
| 29 | He gathered these up and sprinted after her . |
| 30 | And I am not really sure of it at all , she thought , standing up and looking about her . |