Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | White thistle heads floated up my nose as I struggled to keep up with Duncan , his suspension forks making light work of the ruts and bumps on the ground . |
| 2 | She sighed as she prepared to get up . |
| 3 | Laura gave a low moan as she struggled to sit up , one half of her still almost unconscious mind noticing that Ross must have recently had a shower , since his black hair was still damp and he was wearing nothing but a short white towel about his waist . |
| 4 | Millions of viewers became aware of some of the practical and emotional problems and watched as she struggled to bring up a baby without a partner or an income . |
| 5 | As she continued to gaze up at him , a million thoughts writhing around in her head , all at once he bent towards her , making her heart stop , and planted a soft kiss on her cheek . |
| 6 | Only that was n't much consolation at the moment , she admitted , as she began to walk up and down , flapping her arms to drive away the permeating cold . |
| 7 | As she started to stand up Lisa was aware that she had not intended this abrupt departure . |
| 8 | ‘ Lie still , ’ he ordered as she tried to sit up . |
| 9 | A YOUNG policewoman was fighting for life early today after being stabbed three times as she tried to break up an argument . |
| 10 | As she bent to pick up his trousers , she looked just like Frances . |
| 11 | Her hair swung as she bent to pick up his sword and he tried to move , to stop her , but could not . |
| 12 | As we began to pick up the threads of life in the south once more I found that in my absence from the cutter scene a brand new purpose-built cutter Venturous was operating with great success . |
| 13 | The men were shot as they waited to pick up fares at a Castle Street taxi rank . |
| 14 | ‘ Now , the important thing is to make sure they ca n't move it , ’ he said , as they ran to keep up . |
| 15 | She did not see much of Florence as they roared through it in the jeep , just a muddled impression of large buildings and a broad dark green river , but as they began to drive up the steep , swooping hill to Fiesole , David 's friend said : |
| 16 | A GROUP of Llandudno Junction residents yesterday claimed they were the ‘ forgotten people ’ as they struggled to clean up their homes . |
| 17 | The roar from that great thoroughfare was deafening : traders , merchants and apprentices shouted themselves hoarse as they tried to make up for their previous loss of trade . |
| 18 | The police were attacked as they tried to break up a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered in a field at Sidlow Bridge , near Reigate , Surrey . |
| 19 | A POLICEMAN was kneed in the groin and another punched in the face as they tried to break up brawling schoolgirls at a railway station . |
| 20 | ‘ Leeds City could not be suspended as a club — we had no power to do that ; but so long as they refused to give up those vital papers , we could have no way out save by expelling them . |
| 21 | Once one of the world 's most profitable firms , Big Blue last year tumbled to a record-breaking $1 billion loss as it struggled to keep up with technical change , plummeting prices and a wave of new competition in the computer market . |
| 22 | But Hitler 's prophecy , highly significant though it appears in retrospect , was at the time probably taken much for granted by most ‘ ordinary ’ Germans in the context of the ever more overtly radical anti-Jewish policy of the regime — a ‘ prophecy ’ so commonplace in its sentiments that it scarcely prompted the need for exultant expressions of praise , just as it failed to stir up any animosity or repulsion . |
| 23 | The atmosphere was fantastic at the end as it seemed to build up over the rounds . |
| 24 | Two of these they spotted as the German pilots began diving onto the Hurricanes tails , and at the right moment Westmacott carried out a hard climbing turn , coming out behind one of the Messerschmitts as it began to pull up . |
| 25 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 26 | He fixed his eyes firmly on the Mach-counter as he began to throttle up . |
| 27 | Disappointed , Tug turned back to the sink , listening vaguely to what she said as he began to wash up . |
| 28 | " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench . |
| 29 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 30 | In her motherly concerned way , she was cosseting him as he tried to pick up the pieces of his life . |