Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian ( 4.5 ) and David ( 4.2 ) stood them up and played a game with them as rockets going up to the sky . |
| 2 | Everyone buckled up and braved a face to see everyone and say their goodbyes as it was a parting for many good friends , both teachers and pupils . |
| 3 | He went up and got a bottle of Sasperella he said to me there was two bottles left . |
| 4 | It would be populated by Phil 's creations — patched up and improved a bit , but still the products of this same society . |
| 5 | Someone crept up and thrust a sword under the back plate of his armour , slicing his spine . ’ |
| 6 | He looked up and saw a plane following him down ; it too had a battered wing-tip . |
| 7 | Adam looked up and saw a storm-trooper running towards him , waving his hand . |
| 8 | How many times have you told yourself you could not do something but when you ultimately faced up and had a go , to your amazement you succeeded . |
| 9 | She remembered how she had submerged herself in scented water every day and sometimes twice in the sticky summertime and never would again , until she grew up and had a bathroom of her own . |
| 10 | It 's questions and answers , I do n't know , I 've forgotten , I , I , I only opened it up and had a look at it at Christmas and I thought thirty something pounds for that , a load of rubbish , I do n't know what it is . |
| 11 | Then the Prince came up and had a try and he did n't do any better . ’ |
| 12 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
| 13 | sat around a little bit , got up and had a walk , find a |
| 14 | The raw recruits leapt up and formed a queue to wash in basins half full of freezing water , changed only after every third man . |
| 15 | Michael Swinton straightened up and ran a hand over his rough black head . |
| 16 | Ann looked up and forced a smile ; and when Jennifer glanced up the table at the master of the house , Harry replied with a wink . |
| 17 | As the fire burnt down , the duergar got up and took a log lying to the right of the fire and placed it amongst the embers . |
| 18 | She stood up and took a roll of bills out of her purse . |
| 19 | Bernice propped herself up and took a bite . |
| 20 | " Certainly , " Aunt Tossie sat up and took a sip from her glass . |
| 21 | He sat up and took a piece of mud-coloured rag out of his pocket and wiped his face . |
| 22 | They said Debbie , 33 , jumped up and simulated a striptease to Right Said Fred 's I 'm Too Sexy hit during a party to celebrate this summer 's British Open . |
| 23 | She stood up and extended a hand to Katherine . |
| 24 | I 'd picked Nolan up and made a fool of him . |
| 25 | You may have locked someone up and made a mistake . |
| 26 | One morning I woke up and made a plan . |
| 27 | She got up and made a cup of tea , sitting by her bed to drink it , her face pale and set . |
| 28 | ‘ I woke up and heard a lot of laughter , ’ said Ollie . |
| 29 | Duncan straightened up and tucked a wrench into the leg pocket of his dungarees . |
| 30 | Joy Prentice , who had been sitting motionless throughout , reached up and pinched a louse out of her head . |