Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 'll find out tomorrow if the RAF can make up that lost ground . |
| 2 | She looked up and saw admiration in his eyes . |
| 3 | And then when I got up and saw time , I thought oh bugger me ! |
| 4 | I am an ‘ old Briton ’ who grew up and attended school and university alongside ‘ new Britons ’ . |
| 5 | They were reportedly leaving a restaurant in a normally quiet quarter of the town when the gunman drove up and demanded money and valuables . |
| 6 | There was a great noise of shuffling boots and dropped books , and the readers already established in the outer room looked up and clicked disapproval with their tongues . |
| 7 | However , when Mary stood up and took hold of the reins that were trailing on the ground , she thrashed the horse with her cane . |
| 8 | Now he drew himself up and Took Control . |
| 9 | In 1972 Hollywood suddenly sat up and took notice of him again when he had two consecutive hits , Last Tango in Paris and The Godfather , for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor . |
| 10 | The rugby world stood up and took notice and Best was marked out as a man destined for greater things . |
| 11 | Sandy Lyle , Nick Faldo , Bernhard Langer , all looked up and took note . |
| 12 | He sat up and rubbed sleep from his eyes . |
| 13 | At five they woke up and made love again , a different way . |
| 14 | He turned to look at Myeloski , peering urgently out of the window as the traffic stacked up and made movement impossible , and knew that he had nothing in common with these people , nothing that could be shared because of his blood . |
| 15 | Then he dozed in an armchair for a few hours , until he was too cold and stiff to bear it any longer , when he got up and made tea for everyone , and discovered that there was nothing to eat for breakfast . |
| 16 | I got up and made coffee . |
| 17 | When the meal was finished , Rachaela washed up and made coffee , and Ruth retired behind her screen . |
| 18 | When he 'd finished he stood up and asked Dad the time of the funeral so , he said , he could be there with the other brothers and sisters and the band . |
| 19 | She eyed me speculatively but I was hardening up and met glance with innocent glance . |
| 20 | Pascoe scrambled up and found cover behind the light . |
| 21 | He actually picked up and held daughter Renee — less than a fortnight after leaving model wife Rachel Hunter to share the tiny burden with a nanny . |
| 22 | So a rumour grew up that perhaps , at the last minute , he had jumped up and caught hold of part of the car and had clambered on to it somehow . |
| 23 | So what they says is that I , I got on at this wall , jumped across onto this other wall , shinned up the outside of this other wall , stood on top of this the first floor wall and jumped up and caught hold of the top of the second floor wall and he reckon in the la about fucking twenty odd seconds , I was up and over and in , they , they , they fucking kill yourself , get down , I ca n't remember none of it . |
| 24 | He glanced up and caught sight of Karelius with something that seemed akin to relief . |
| 25 | At that moment Larsen stopped for a breather , glanced up and caught sight of Grant 's head outlined against the night sky . |
| 26 | The vessel broke up and caught fire . |
| 27 | So he simply resigned his job , sold up and bought air tickets for all the family . |
| 28 | The hairs on the back of Thérèse 's neck rose up and shouted Danger . |
| 29 | It would be even nicer to think he was trying to make her jealous because he still cared for her and not for pure spite , and it would be nice if she sobered up and faced life 's harsh realities ! |