Example sentences of "up and [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shots were going to look terrific , but this was ridiculous — the very thing I had been cynical about and did not wish to do I was doing ; carrying a bike both up and down a mountain . |
| 2 | It was like seeing someone walking up and down a wall . |
| 3 | Then he looked up and for a moment he was so amazed that he forgot the misery . |
| 4 | I wake up and for a moment I think I 'm at home or at Caroline 's . |
| 5 | With the old F sixteen its like a couch , you sit like that , its just the joy stick in your right hand and you 've got all your buttons there , whereas the old Russian one 's just a p , a normal sit up and on a joy of a column , its amazing how they fly , make those flew once they do |
| 6 | In an instant the cripple lurched up and with a powerful twist of his crutch sent the end of the log into the water . |
| 7 | He stood up and with a hand on the Dalmatian 's collar took the bitch to the door and firmly evicted her . |
| 8 | It was noted in 3.5 that long-term participant observation , as a consequence both of the relationship of trust which is built up and of a person 's inability to remain vigilant for long periods , has the effect of blurring the distinction between covert and overt observation . |
| 9 | Up and into a small office . |
| 10 | I did not wipe the offending word off the blackboard , but as I was packing up my books and papers at the end of the class , a girl got up and without a word erased it , to a scattering of applause . |
| 11 | Then she stood up and without a backward glance she walked from the cafeteria . |
| 12 | The tall Finn and Peter Horbury together raised her up and in a moment or two her eyelids fluttered open . |
| 13 | The curtain of rain caught them up and in a moment soaked them to the skin . |
| 14 | The Governors will require that the School Buildings and premises connected therewith be kept up and in a good state of repair . |
| 15 | He then picked him up and in a few moments had taken Woil back to his cage , put him in , closed the iron gate and secured it . |
| 16 | Slowly , very cautiously , Jack stood up and after a minute walked softly towards the Monument . |
| 17 | Tension in the neck and shoulders can be eased by circling the shoulders up and around a few times backwards and forwards and by circling your head slowly down to your chest and then up so that your neck is stretched with your chin in the air . |