Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mother crumbled it up and sprinkled dry salt over it instead . |
| 2 | It is likely too that the priest tidied up and eliminated any traces there may have been of disordered thinking or language , as he almost certainly corrected any theological mistakes , for his own safety . |
| 3 | When we all went to the pub and some of them went up and got non-alcoholic drinks and that , and they all said they could n't go into a pub and do that and they done it , no problem . |
| 4 | We got off and took cover for a while , then came up and got another bus to Fulham . |
| 5 | A Greek oil tanker broke up and spilled 12,000 tonnes of light crude oil off the west coast of Australia on 21 July , creating what was described as the country 's worst such environmental disaster . |
| 6 | I was glad when Sunday morning arrived , I woke up and saw two suitcases bulging on my bedroom floor . |
| 7 | Today , however , when she glanced up and saw two men high above her on a jig smiling and nudging each other , she simply fled back to the sanctuary of her office . |
| 8 | ‘ I looked up and saw this person — I did n't think of it as me . |
| 9 | Near the chancel arch is a niche dedicated to St Sitha — her only claim to fame , according to local tradition , is that she was martyred , her head was cut off ‘ and she picked it up and ran three miles to the nearby ( sic ! ) church to warn the other Christians . ’ |
| 10 | He picked himself up and breasted another mound . |
| 11 | The poet picked it up and sang another song … |
| 12 | They were obviously very annoyed and when another Whitley flew straight over Brussels ( Averre , I believe it was ) they all went up and forced this aircraft down . |
| 13 | After 10 months as Applix Inc vice-president of marketing , D J Long up and quit last week citing philosophical differences with management . |
| 14 | After 10 months as Applix Inc vice president of marketing , DJ Long , up and quit last week citing philosophical differences with management . |
| 15 | ‘ Your hair , ’ she said , ‘ your hair , ’ and reached up and took sliding handfuls of it , and the kiss changed , became the kiss of before . |
| 16 | Eyvør woke up and made food-begging noises , so the Birdman finished his story and cut up some more strips of herring which he fed to the little bird . |
| 17 | Tadpoles grew up and became more frogs . |
| 18 | In Deir Yassin they rounded up and butchered 250 people . |
| 19 | He sat up and drank some water . |
| 20 | Just before midnight she got up and swallowed two aspirins with some water which she hoped would calm her down . |
| 21 | Four of the watchers , experienced men , not easy to shock , had to undergo therapy as they described how the figure of the youth was picked up and hurled twenty yards towards them , like a rag doll , first flying , then bouncing and rolling in a twisted assembly of disjointed limbs . |
| 22 | You will move poor children from here to there ’ and he lifted up and evacuated imaginary children from one side of his blotting pad to the other . |
| 23 | The screen lit up and showed two pennants crudely drawn on the acetate , one yellow and the other red . |
| 24 | Terry sat up and showed great interest . |
| 25 | You should apply the same idea when playing , If you arrive at the course early to loosen up and hit some practice shots ( which can only help your golf ) , try to establish your ‘ thought for the day ’ . |
| 26 | Now she stood up and pushed both hands into the pockets of her jeans . |
| 27 | Their conversations with the locals was verging on the insulting , and they had , on several occasions , picked up and quaffed other men 's beer , by design , but feigning error . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , she got up and poured two mugs of coffee and sipped hers . |
| 29 | He got up and poured more drinks from the trolley in a corner of the room , placing one in front of her . |
| 30 | He straightened up and pulled another chair closer , sitting opposite her in an attitude of relaxed attention . |