Example sentences of "sit up and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been a Peter Reid type , someone who battles and fights his way through every game as if his very life depended on it , I might have sat up and took a little bit more notice . |
| 2 | By the time she 'd sat up and pushed the dishevelled hair out of her eyes he was behind the wheel , and the car was moving forward . |
| 3 | Ace had sat up and discarded the ice-pack so that he could face her . |
| 4 | The children are allowed to sit up and watch the programme when it finally goes out ( Howard has bought a small portable television set for the occasion ) . |
| 5 | I decided to sit up and read the name . |
| 6 | I noticed that the Barwick men took no chances this time ; as the pole lay in the field it was wired up to an electronic burglar alarm system , but they still took it in turns to sit up and keep an eye on it . |
| 7 | He watched her sit up and flick the ash on to the floor . |
| 8 | I sit up and examine the room . |
| 9 | I saw Sam sit up and ease the pressure , and copied him immediately , none too soon for my taxed muscles and speed-starved lungs . |
| 10 | On those nights , he would sit up and light a candle . |
| 11 | The man in the shadows waved something green and glistening , and the waft of entrails touched the cat 's sensitive nostrils and made it sit up and watch the stranger . |
| 12 | But they certainly catch local attention and make people sit up and take a look . |
| 13 | He sat up and lifted the radio so that it was close to his ear . |
| 14 | He sat up and left the bed upon which she had given herself so frequently since their wedding day . |
| 15 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 16 | With a grunt , he sat up and tucked the letter away . |
| 17 | He sat up and took a piece of mud-coloured rag out of his pocket and wiped his face . |
| 18 | " Certainly , " Aunt Tossie sat up and took a sip from her glass . |
| 19 | As soon as she was done , the girl sat up and returned the favour hurriedly , obviously eager to get back to her book . |
| 20 | Jinny wondered for the hundredth time what it was like to be in a family which sat up and watched the television of an evening . |
| 21 | After a bit they sat up and watched the welcome breeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley . |
| 22 | She sat up and put a hand to her forehead . |
| 23 | Then Sigarup sat up and pulled a large lemon out of his pocket . |
| 24 | Suddenly he sat up and switched the bedside light on . |
| 25 | The favourite sat up and grabbed the cup so hastily splashes of wine fell on his silken , multi-coloured hose . |
| 26 | He sat up and stroked the cat gently , scratching between the backs of its ears , making Bonaventure purr with pleasure . |
| 27 | When the record ended he sat up and drained the last drop of his drink , then banged the empty tumbler loudly on the low , glass-topped table beside him . |