Example sentences of "up [coord] take the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reaches up and takes the oregano off the spice rack . |
| 2 | She reached up and took the stone out of his hand . |
| 3 | In Court I ambled up and took the oath |
| 4 | straight on the four one four from Chelmsford , picked up the M eleven followed the M eleven up and took the A forty five across country . |
| 5 | The blackbird then flew up and took the cheese from his hand and kept on taking pieces of cheese . |
| 6 | I got up and took the pudding plates into the kitchen . |
| 7 | ‘ You mean the work of Mr Clancy , ’ said Peggy , as he stood up and took the towel she gave him . |
| 8 | Gabriel reached up and took the apple and bit into it greedily . |
| 9 | I mean i i i the these are individual peasants from a village who are standing up and taking the lead in criticizing landlords etcetera but , but they , they are not the Party cadres coming in from outside . |
| 10 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |