Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [coord] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The superintendent paused and flicked up her eyebrows . |
| 2 | I mean me friend come and picked up her two girls and her little lad , he 's thirteen months , leave it , oh his dummy , erm , good boy , and his slipper come off his shoe , he only tried , the little'un to ram this slipper on , he understands everything you tell him |
| 3 | The black artist appeared on the threshold , wrapped in a swirling black cloak , smiling most ferociously , and the little tailor quaked and held up his splinter , thinking his foe would be bound to meet it magically , or freeze his hand in motion as he struck . |
| 4 | Finn shrugged and picked up his brush . |
| 5 | Dublin regarded the revelations with dismay , but also saw them as an opportunity to renew and step up its criticisms of the regiment . |
| 6 | Only centimetres from his eyes and mouth , the hydra blurred and soaked up his voice so that he seemed to be shouting underwater . |
| 7 | The groom smiled and put up his hand to stroke the scar . |