Example sentences of "up [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can talk about it freely now & we have all picked ourselves up & dusted ourselves down … says that she is a stronger person ( maybe even ‘ harder ’ ) … & she is a very efficient business person & lives & works in Glasgow . |
| 2 | She made no effort to curl up or wash herself or do anything other than gaze quietly ahead . |
| 3 | A catalyst facilitates a chemical process without being used up or changed itself . |
| 4 | Now I go up and get myself ready . " |
| 5 | ‘ Very well , go up and help yourself , ’ he replied . |
| 6 | It is only then that I can get up and interpose myself between his wet shirtfront and the sink , where the suds soak into my lower back . |
| 7 | The tall heavy , dark-haired with thick brows too close together , stood up and balanced himself on the balls of his feet . |
| 8 | She stood up and thought herself back into the Mayor 's office . |
| 9 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 10 | NOW PUT YOUR FEET UP AND INDULGE YOURSELF |
| 11 | Yeah and she 's totally focused , she 's er , I think she 's got two children erm her husbands works , she 's got two children she 's brought up and developed herself to be a branch manager or assistant branch manager er she 's got a degree h now do n't listen to this Lorraine , who it said mid thirties |
| 12 | I had a coffee and some toast , washed up and let myself out . |
| 13 | He put his coffee cup down on a pile of English magazines , got up and stretched himself . |
| 14 | He stood up and stretched himself . |
| 15 | Most days when it is severe , I simply get up and immerse myself in work . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've got to have the right bloke mind , ’ Yanto smiled at her , as she stood up and shrouded herself in his blanket . |
| 17 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 18 | Then Fif 's mandroids pushed their way through , and in the melee I managed to scuttle on hands and knees among all the legs before getting up and getting myself and my aching face away from there . |
| 19 | ‘ Unhand me , sir , ’ she cried , leaping up and throwing herself hysterically into Samuel 's arms . |
| 20 | In the end he got up and made himself some coffee , then watched the early morning skies above Manhattan as he recalled the past . |
| 21 | She looked up and made herself say : |
| 22 | She looked up and made herself meet his eyes . |
| 23 | Yes , but erm , but Chairman , er , I do n't think I should come up and make myself clear , some local papers were not represented there . |
| 24 | Now you will get up and make yourself presentable — I 'll see to it that the wardrobe shall provide you with clothes that will fit tolerably — and you will come to supper at my table and take your place among your peers , and behave yourself like a man and a Talvace , instead of a sick and thwarted girl . ’ |
| 25 | Isobel looked up and laughed herself , her nose wrinkling up like a child 's . |
| 26 | The Doctor pulled himself up and dusted himself down . |
| 27 | But in a moment he sat up and dusted himself . |
| 28 | Anabelle picked herself up and dusted herself off . |
| 29 | Why do n't you just pull your socks up and smarten yourselves up ? |
| 30 | up and take yourself out . |