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 .
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