Example sentences of "up and [vb past] the [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 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
5 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
6 | Then he looked up and saw the great rat . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
9 | She looked up and saw the high , gleaming shape of a Rolls-Royce double parked beside a taxi . |
10 | When he looked up and saw the charging buffalo , Joseph raised his Winchester in an instinctive reflex action and dropped to his knees . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Nigel , always ready for action , leapt up and seized the big jug of water . |
14 | He jumped up and tipped the flaming toast into the sink . |
15 | Billy looked gloomy and his friend got up and collected the empty mugs . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | He picked it up and tapped the old tobacco out onto the range . |
18 | Then I got up and took the two rugs by their corners and dragged them outside the door . |
19 | The grey sidled up and took the proffered titbit and then suddenly bucked and danced away . |
20 | The Colonel strode up and took the dead woman in his arms . |
21 | He was then picked up and rode the entire parade sitting between Campese and Kearns . |
22 | Nonetheless , he and the broth ate their pudding and then , pushing their chairs back , got up and left the two youngest to do the dishes . |
23 | Wexford looked up and met the shifty eyes . |
24 | She stood up and carried the cold coffee into the kitchen . |
25 | At the doorway she reached up and slotted the new dā telo twig between the stones above the lintel . |
26 | He glanced up and found the cool blue eyes on him . |
27 | When the record ended he sat up and drained the last drop of his drink , then banged the empty tumbler loudly on the low , glass-topped table beside him . |
28 | Immediately Holmes jumped up and hit the bell-rope hard . |
29 | Immediately Holmes jumped up and hit the bell-rope hard . |
30 | Tom picked him up and watched the two boys disappear round the corner . |