Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] [prep] paper " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 2 | but I think that , that with what it is you know , but then I say she 's got that anyway , she 's not as , as tough as what she makes out , but er it would be worth having a look you never know what 's in there , and I say I must pick up a couple of paper towels |
| 3 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 4 | Picking up a sheet of paper , she casually unfolded it , and then gave an exclamation . |
| 5 | He picked up a piece of paper with some writing on it , could not decipher the writing , and dropped it . |
| 6 | She picked up a piece of paper and began drawing little cameo pictures of the bowl of fruit on the sideboard , of the flowers in the garden , bending under the wind . |
| 7 | Schellenberg held up a piece of paper which was actually some stationery from the hotel he 'd stayed at in Vienna the previous week . |
| 8 | Absolutely , and you will find when we look on the video the number of people who held up a piece of paper if you hold things up and I 'm holding this now because I 'm about to write but if if you stand here and hold a piece of paper then it 's very difficult to make symmetrical palm gestures , open palm gestures . |
| 9 | Nurse Motley said that except for a moment when she picked up a piece of paper and threw it in the bin , she had been standing by Kayley 's head the whole time . |