Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up and [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I rang up and told them in the office . |
| 2 | She stood up and faced them . |
| 3 | When they arrived the place was empty — — it was early evening — except for ‘ two street toughs in camel-hair coats ’ sitting at a table ; ‘ and they were fairly easy to distinguish , and I think we walked up and asked them if they were — and — , and they said yes . ’ |
| 4 | Is this when they rang up and said they 'd got cakes left ? |
| 5 | No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there . |
| 6 | Jarvis saw them get into the next car and on an impulse he jumped up and followed them . |
| 7 | They would n't recognise emotion if it stood up and hit them ! ’ |