Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They ’ do n't like the food , ‘ they ’ wet their beds , ‘ they ’ get in the way when staff are trying to tidy up or lay the table . |
| 2 | She got up and checked the wardrobes , and her bemusement became sheer bewilderment . |
| 3 | Pascoe got up and checked the lock on the door . |
| 4 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 5 | He looked up and saw the glasses . |
| 6 | I looked up and saw the moon had risen . |
| 7 | He looked up and saw the vicar carrying a book that looked more like an illustrated part work from W. H. Smith 's than Holy Writ . |
| 8 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 9 | Even when she looked up and saw the half mortals approaching from the forest , she had n't the strength to be afraid . |
| 10 | She glanced up and saw the knife hidden inside his jacket . |
| 11 | She picked it up and saw the name Jarrett Keach flowing across it in brown mock handwriting which was presumably a facsimile of Jarrett 's own signature . |
| 12 | I looked up and saw the ghost of a frown . |
| 13 | Leila looked up and saw the man standing in the doorway , recognising him immediately for a creature less human than Sindy or any of her contemporaries . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're bloody choosing the rooms already , ’ said another voice , deep and loud , and from somewhere above ceiling level , and Preston looked up and saw the man who must be Louis , hanging over the banisters on the landing . |
| 15 | I was the beetle who woke up and saw the possibility of being a man . |
| 16 | Carl looked up and saw the girl watching them . |
| 17 | Kath looked up and saw the paediatrician approaching . |
| 18 | The thought of it scared them so much they turned all the lights out and went straight upstairs without even taking a candle in case he came up and saw the light under their door . |
| 19 | He was not impressed : " Oh , I dare say she woke up and saw the fire through her bedroom window . |
| 20 | Dexter looked up and saw the superintendent 's heavy-lidded eyes still narrowed with concentration . |
| 21 | Donna looked up and saw the steward coming up the aisle . |
| 22 | She stood up and scanned the room , as if for inspiration . |
| 23 | She looked up and scanned the laboratory . |
| 24 | He immediately took up and unfolded the piece of lined paper . |
| 25 | Before the pudding was cut the Reverend Morey stood up and rapped the table to attract attention . |
| 26 | She pushed back her chair , stood up and crossed the room to open her box of tarot cards . |
| 27 | It was as if someone had wound him up and released the key , like the spring of a watch . |
| 28 | Blanche looked up and searched the sky , seeking some prophecy of success or failure , but found only a sprinkling of stars brave enough to outshine the lemon gleam of the city 's lights . |
| 29 | The wheel dates from the 1955 Campaign for the Congress of the People which drew up and adopted the Freedom Charter . |
| 30 | After we had settled down , brother Jack stood up and banged the table and called for order for Dad to say grace . |