Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Connections between the men 's behaviour in the bar and the roomful of college boys who cheer a news report discrediting Sarah Bob , one of the rapists gets up and takes a bow — and crucially , with the male provenance of the District Attorney 's office .
2 On the other hand , if the weather is already hot and the water temperature is 70° F. or more , then the wind suddenly springs up and brings a drop in water temperature and a rise in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water , you can also expect fish .
3 An organiser rushes up and gives a mass of leaflets to a man dressed in combat gear near me .
4 On the way a strong wind gets up and blows a tree down .
5 At about midnight , Lucker wakes up and wants a drink .
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