Example sentences of "up [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung aside the door he was suddenly lying beneath , stared up bitterly and ran a black shirt-cuff across his bloodied nose . |
| 2 | She 'll be , there 'll be questions she 'd want to ask which perhaps you , you may not er normally pick up on and ask and if it 's well I 'm afraid she 's gone out shopping today say well that 's a pity , I 'd love to meet up with her . |
| 3 | Erm I 'm going to put my make up on and think what I need from the shops . |
| 4 | Erm , I 'm going to put my make up on and think what I need from the shops |
| 5 | He dropped his briefcase on the chesterfield , and Mrs Stych snatched it up crossly and took it into his den , while he went to the refrigerator in search of ice cubes for a drink . |
| 6 | From the kitchen behind them came the sound of Mrs Brissett cleaning up vigorously and singing ‘ The Holly and the Ivy ’ . |
| 7 | Grace got up slowly and went downstairs to her bedroom . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean stand up slowly and make yer way to the back shop and we can all have a wee chat . |
| 9 | He straightened up slowly and tugged cautiously on his end of the rope . |
| 10 | Vincent picked himself up slowly and rubbed his ribs . |
| 11 | Fingertips on sides of head , sit up slowly and lie back . |
| 12 | He stood up slowly and entered the lounge . |
| 13 | She stood up slowly and showed it to the bearded man . |
| 14 | Asik was hungary and tired , his knees were sore and he wanted to go to sleep but he got up slowly and started down the road . |
| 15 | ‘ Gods help us … what is it now ? ’ he muttered , getting up slowly and pulling on his gown . |
| 16 | Until this happens people will always feel the threat of a ‘ 10/6 ’ dictator popping up somewhere and causing great global conflict damaging the fragile , but nevertheless improving balance of world power . |
| 17 | It 's just a pity we do n't live in the era when a man could set his mistress up somewhere and know she 'd be there waiting for him whenever he felt the urge to see her , but was never , ever seen with her in public . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 19 | They returned down a different hole and soon found a dry , empty burrow , where they curled up together and slept in the warmth of their own tired bodies . |
| 20 | And at night — because the men have their own separate lodging — they curl up together and go to sleep . |
| 21 | He said that if I woke early — and most visitors from Paris did wake early their first few mornings — I should get up straightaway and walk into town . |
| 22 | Both the newspaper groups currently using the software are printing onto page printers and the output is then cut up manually and pasted into position on the page . |
| 23 | As you reach the waist , pull it up gently and return smoothly to the starting point ( see Fig. 3 ) . |
| 24 | He sat up gingerly and looked slowly around the cell . |
| 25 | She got up gingerly and worked hard at appearing all right . |
| 26 | The boy sat up suddenly and laughed a strange , low laugh . |
| 27 | He got up suddenly and placed a pile of clothes on the end of the bed . |
| 28 | I jumped up suddenly and ran into the crowds of people in the dark . |
| 29 | Topknot , who had been muttering to himself , stood up suddenly and spoke very sharply at great length , with a lot of pointing to the ground and to the sky . |
| 30 | Then he stood up suddenly and snapped his fingers . |