Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mother crumbled it up and sprinkled dry salt over it instead . |
| 2 | It is likely too that the priest tidied up and eliminated any traces there may have been of disordered thinking or language , as he almost certainly corrected any theological mistakes , for his own safety . |
| 3 | I mean she went up and got that out of her bank for us to go out with Monday because we had no money . |
| 4 | When we all went to the pub and some of them went up and got non-alcoholic drinks and that , and they all said they could n't go into a pub and do that and they done it , no problem . |
| 5 | We got off and took cover for a while , then came up and got another bus to Fulham . |
| 6 | In the second half , the Cherry and Whites rolled their sleeves up and got stuck in . |
| 7 | I totally cracked up and got steaming drunk . |
| 8 | A Greek oil tanker broke up and spilled 12,000 tonnes of light crude oil off the west coast of Australia on 21 July , creating what was described as the country 's worst such environmental disaster . |
| 9 | I was glad when Sunday morning arrived , I woke up and saw two suitcases bulging on my bedroom floor . |
| 10 | Today , however , when she glanced up and saw two men high above her on a jig smiling and nudging each other , she simply fled back to the sanctuary of her office . |
| 11 | ‘ I looked up and saw this person — I did n't think of it as me . |
| 12 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 13 | I got up and had another little walk around , finishing up just over the road from Buckingham Palace . |
| 14 | Lydia flew back to the window , flung it up and said some further things into the darkness of the middle of the night . |
| 15 | Embarrassed by Nonconformists who quoted his earlier writings , in which he had urged religious toleration , he bought up and burned all the copies of The Liberty of Prophesying . |
| 16 | Jinny stood up and lifted one of the buckets . |
| 17 | Near the chancel arch is a niche dedicated to St Sitha — her only claim to fame , according to local tradition , is that she was martyred , her head was cut off ‘ and she picked it up and ran three miles to the nearby ( sic ! ) church to warn the other Christians . ’ |
| 18 | He picked himself up and breasted another mound . |
| 19 | Progress was unavoidably slow but they set up and directed most of the subversive organisations . |
| 20 | The poet picked it up and sang another song … |
| 21 | They were obviously very annoyed and when another Whitley flew straight over Brussels ( Averre , I believe it was ) they all went up and forced this aircraft down . |
| 22 | When the two Highlanders stood , he sauntered up and touched each gently on the chest . |
| 23 | Held up and brought wide on the final turn , Beneficial sprinted away from his rivals , including four Derby entries , to beat Blues Traveller four lengths . |
| 24 | After 10 months as Applix Inc vice-president of marketing , D J Long up and quit last week citing philosophical differences with management . |
| 25 | After 10 months as Applix Inc vice president of marketing , DJ Long , up and quit last week citing philosophical differences with management . |
| 26 | ‘ Your hair , ’ she said , ‘ your hair , ’ and reached up and took sliding handfuls of it , and the kiss changed , became the kiss of before . |
| 27 | FitzAlan stood up and took two slow , measured paces towards her , until she was forced to tilt her head right back to look up at him , or retreat , which she refused to do . |
| 28 | Very minor on the scale of things but I 've had a car stolen , erm great inconvenience , ca n't believe its going to happen to you , did n't do any thing to have caused this , locked up and took all the precautions , and yet it still happened and some one , some where out there has my car . |
| 29 | The British Midland ATP aircraft carrying fifty nine passengers iced up and plunged thirty five hundred feet from the sky above Cowley last year.The pilot eventually regained control , but the official report into the incident concludes that the airline 's advice NOT to apply full power to get out of such a dive , was inappropriate . |
| 30 | Eyvør woke up and made food-begging noises , so the Birdman finished his story and cut up some more strips of herring which he fed to the little bird . |