Example sentences of "up and [verb] [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She stood up and looked at him unyieldingly . |
| 3 | I remember Trevor [ Howard ] just standing up and looking at him , mouthing a bad word and walking out of the room . |
| 4 | Maggie announced , sitting up and looking at him seriously . |
| 5 | There had been noisy , angry scenes and in the end a member of Chamberlain 's own party stood up and said to him , ‘ Depart , I say , and let us have done with you . |
| 6 | Anthea drew herself up and glared at him . |
| 7 | With a little start , she looked up and glared at him . |
| 8 | Finally she straightened up and glared at him balefully . |
| 9 | This was the creature which had picked him up and flown with him . |
| 10 | I sat up and leant over him and grabbed my bag . |
| 11 | I jumped up and ran with him down to the shore . |
| 12 | I got up and ran after him . |
| 13 | She took his hand and , with a sense of stepping from the present into the past , from the known into what had become utterly strange , scrambled up and ran after him into the night . |
| 14 | ‘ To just past Spargo 's ; I could n't raise the nerve to catch him up and speak to him . |
| 15 | But when Fei Yen made to get up and pour for him , Tsu Ma took the jug and went round himself , filling their cups . |
| 16 | Hazel and Blackberry , after looking at each other for a moment , caught him up and went beside him . |
| 17 | She stood up and went to him , putting her hand gently on his arm . |
| 18 | She got up and came to him ; she leant down and kissed him . |
| 19 | That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day . |
| 20 | Later that evening , as a friendly policeman escorted Hurt from the hotel , the photographers lined up and apologized to him . |
| 21 | Of course he needed to finance so improbable a research programme , so he sold his dragons to an Emperor , who had them minced up and served to him garnished with spit-roasted swallows ' tongues , at one of his less important banquets . |
| 22 | He put a hand to his cheek and saw Angie 's reflected image float up and drift towards him from the garden . |
| 23 | So then Fiver went up and spoke to him very quietly , but I heard what Cowslip answered . |
| 24 | She knew that there was no point in jumping up and running after him ; no use in calling out his name . |
| 25 | I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing but I got up and started towards him as he finally got the clip to slide into the gun and snick home . |
| 26 | Clean him up and look after him . |
| 27 | Lawton loomed up and stood beside him . |
| 28 | Berdichev came up and stood beside him . |
| 29 | They gave up and chased after him through the thin trees . |
| 30 | Cornelius woke again to find the world up and waiting for him . |