Example sentences of "up and [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thérèse sat up and fumbled for the light-switch that dangled from a cord beside the bed . |
| 2 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 3 | Merymose stood up and made for the door . |
| 4 | Claudia stood up and made for the door . |
| 5 | We saw our chance , and hastily we packed up and prepared for the long trek back the way we had come , to the Youth Hostel . |
| 6 | The old drove-roads made their own contribution to the landscape in the wayside inns that grew up to cater specially for drovers in lonely stretches of country , and in the ‘ stances ’ beside them where the cattle were shut up and rested for the night . |