Example sentences of "[pron] up and [verb] [prep] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , spontaneously , Changez pushed himself up and danced with them , lifting each foot ponderously from the floor like a performing elephant , and sticking his elbows out as if he 'd been asked , in a drama class , to be a flamingo . |
| 2 | And I remember this time in Winners when he , he picked them up and looked at them and said I do n't think these are the right ones for my car and that , that 's why I thought |
| 3 | " Oh , they love it when the kids are babies , dressing them up and looking after them , everybody loves babies , but it 's different when they get older , " they say . |
| 4 | ( When a visiting paramedic distributed free condoms , the children blew them up and played with them like balloons . |
| 5 | Nara and the twins were endlessly fascinated with the little , blind , half-bald creatures , and spent hours picking them up and playing with them . |
| 6 | Mr Prescott helped him up and stood between them . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I have enjoyed dressing up like a woman , making myself up and talking like them ever since I was in school . ’ |