Example sentences of "and [noun prp] had [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without being particularly conscious of where they were going , he and Cora-Beth had ended up in the big barn containing bales of straw for the loose boxes . |
| 2 | There was uproar when the Navy discovered the mines and Stirling had to own up , only to be told that they often dropped small depth charges at random into the harbour and if they saw anything suspicious sprayed the area with machine guns . |
| 3 | Everyone crowded in and Maria had to sit up on the ledge of the window to be seen and heard . |
| 4 | True , there had been a few unhappy minutes when they 'd been having coffee in Karlovy Vary when she and Ven had reared up at each other . |
| 5 | He caught the glint of a smile from Fael-Inis at that , and felt a sudden delight , because the fire was surging up all about them , and Fael-Inis had taken up a stance at the fore of the Chariot , and he was gathering up silken reins between his hands , only the reins were of living colour and shifting light , and there were certainly spells within them as there had certainly been spells in the Chamber of the Looms … |
| 6 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |
| 7 | Gibbs read out the charge : there was a great deal of florid preambling , all about the defence of the realm , and the jurisdiction of the provosmarshal , and the patriotic obligations of the King 's subjects to defend the royal allies against the common enemy , most of which Gibbs and Woodruffe had cooked up to impress the French . |
| 8 | Jim and Tina had made up a foursome with Jean Hay and Bruce Mackenzie . |
| 9 | He 'd called the next day , and Marlin had picked up . |
| 10 | Between his strength and her anger , she and Matthew had pulled up well in the lead of other canoes . |
| 11 | They had packed and Adam had locked up the house . |
| 12 | By the time the threatened rain arrived around 4pm , 70 overs had been bowled , 50 of them by spinners , there had been two 100-run partnerships and Boon and Whitaker had picked up stylish half-centuries . |
| 13 | But they had finished with Elise 's death , and now Merrill had come back to the Midlands city where she and Elise had grown up before they went their separate ways . |
| 14 | The scene was done in front of a studio audience and Fulton had broken up completely . |
| 15 | Ellie had barely started her own meal , but now she and Patsy had to get up , as was their required duty , to collect all the dirty crockery and bring in the pudding . |
| 16 | Mary had begun to visit her regularly on Friday mornings — with Mr Fenton 's express approval and the Christian support of her mother — when she was about fourteen — at about the time her father had begun to use her in the Fish and Budworth had turned up to sketch his mischief . |
| 17 | Rosheen and Klift had caught up with them . |
| 18 | The fire crew had to cut free the man with his legs trapped , after Rachel and Nina had set up an intravenous infusion and David had given him a pethidine injection to help control his pain . |
| 19 | And Jimmy had grabbed up a nearby typist 's chair from behind the screen and raised it with both hands like some huge club , ready to smash it across Duvall 's face . |
| 20 | My oldest brothers Jack and Charlie had turned up and were shuffling about , getting in everyone 's way , and Dad lit the candles so that the flickering glow shed an eerie light . |