Example sentences of "up and [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 2 | He hung up and got the last volume of the bigger directory from the rack under the table . |
| 3 | I got up and sprinted the 150 yards or so . |
| 4 | He had bent down , his hand among the grasses but as she spoke he straightened up and thrust a grubby fist into his pocket . |
| 5 | Elizabeth looked up and saw a brown uniform and a friendly face , framed in the lovely black hair typical of the Maltese . |
| 6 | He looked up and saw a wooden stave falling towards his head . |
| 7 | I looked up and saw a big-ribbed canopy of light pink and white descending over me , and the next moment I felt myself drawn downward , feet first , and I realised that I was being swallowed by a whale . |
| 8 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
| 9 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
| 10 | Then he looked up and saw the great rat . |
| 11 | But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street , watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it . |
| 12 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
| 13 | She looked up and saw the high , gleaming shape of a Rolls-Royce double parked beside a taxi . |
| 14 | When he looked up and saw the charging buffalo , Joseph raised his Winchester in an instinctive reflex action and dropped to his knees . |
| 15 | Clare looked up and saw the tallest man she had ever seen ; he had curly black hair and black-lashed , dark brown eyes , now filled with worry . |
| 16 | He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut . |
| 17 | ‘ No it 's the phone , ’ said Ellen , who picked it up and had a pretend conversation in her undifferentiated monotone . |
| 18 | Suddenly , a complete stranger jumped up and said an impromptu prayer for John , and then another . |
| 19 | " Well , " Ajayi said , leaving the open entrance to the balcony as a light wind picked up and blew a small flurry of snow around her booted feet , " at least the game 's over . " |
| 20 | Nigel , always ready for action , leapt up and seized the big jug of water . |
| 21 | He jumped up and tipped the flaming toast into the sink . |
| 22 | But the hands came cunning and swift and raised a harsh green fabric up , until there was darkness over his head and he was paralysed with fear as he was lifted up and began a long and terrible journey . |
| 23 | The small group halted as Springfield and the other ran up and formed a loose throng around them . |
| 24 | Billy looked gloomy and his friend got up and collected the empty mugs . |
| 25 | Are they pieces of parent body that broke up and sent a special type of debris into a path crossing the orbit of the Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago but which is no longer falling on the Earth ? |
| 26 | Jack looked up and wiped a grubby hand wearily over his face , streaking the dirt still further . |
| 27 | Australian railways took up and developed the Italianate style which had been so influential in Britain and the United States earlier in the century , and by the time the principal Australian stations were built , classical was in style once more . |
| 28 | ’ ‘ ard to bruise a ‘ tato , but even ‘ arder to sell a bunch of grapes that 's been picked up and dropped a few times . ’ |
| 29 | He picked it up and tapped the old tobacco out onto the range . |
| 30 | Robyn looked up and forced a sarcastic smile . |