Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slept as the wind got up and he drove with leaves whirled against his windscreen . |
| 2 | The Jeep fired up and he slipped it into gear , released the clutch and edged it forward . |
| 3 | Well , well she was , she was standing outside , I mean I looked at her this morning and I 've loo so I 've sort of looked at her , and I was going to speak to her and then this fella walked up and I thought , I , I mean I could n't gauge whether , and I mean my , I , I was thinking what I was going to say anyway , I was going to say er you know sa is it Paula so you perhaps do n't remember me but I , I , and then I was going to say I 'm Adrian , Adrian |
| 4 | Then the old girl turned up and him to stop him mutilating him bit more . |
| 5 | And this lad got up and he says , I get thirty one pound social security . |
| 6 | Twice he was called to the telephone just before the curtain went up and he had long intense conversations with his hand over the mouthpiece . |
| 7 | We were beginning to see a few icebergs now , incredibly blue and in all kinds of weird shapes ; we had another reminder of just how far north we were , when a biting breeze blew up and it started snowing . |
| 8 | At the question , her head jerked up and she saw that Vitor had awakened from his nap and was frowning at her . |
| 9 | The soldier woke up with a snort ; his head jerked up and he looked at us inquiringly . |
| 10 | Her head came up and she looked him in the eye . |
| 11 | No , he was n't , because his head came up and he threw himself back on the ground behind him and he was rolling around in a heap of laughter . |
| 12 | Gran and I … well , Gran opened up and I know the reason for her succession of illnesses , real and imagined . |
| 13 | The taxi pulled up and they got out . |
| 14 | Maggie 's head shot up and she stared at him in astonishment . |
| 15 | I was once doing a live phone-in programme and this woman rang up and she said , ‘ I used to think that your impersonation of Princess Anne was needlessly cruel and unpleasant , but now I realize that they were , in fact , your own teeth . ’ |
| 16 | then I felt a real twit , cos a man came up and I said I think something 's gone wrong with the auto bank machine , says I , it wo n't give me any money because it 's , it 's coming up there 's an error , so he said well I 'll try and see , he says , he put in exactly the same card as me , he had the Midland card , put it in , got his money |
| 17 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 18 | Its tail stood up and it fell , spinning slowly as if it were gently unwinding itself . |
| 19 | Eventually , all the pressure built up and I had a nervous breakdown . |
| 20 | Her hand came up and she caught him a stinging blow across the cheek , watching without a flicker as the mark turned first white , then red . |
| 21 | The crowd opened up and he headed for the gate . |
| 22 | The bus pulled up and they jumped on it , going upstairs so they could smoke . |
| 23 | At Zolder , Hunt 's transmission seized up and he retired , while Niki scored another victory . |
| 24 | The negligence aspect of it , if somebody is negligent and does n't , for example , keep the engine oil topped up and they drive their vehicle until the engine seizes , in fairness it 's not the insurance company 's responsibility to put that right if the customer has been negligent , and I do n't think any reasonable person would ask us to do that in that situation . |
| 25 | The fellow stood up and I saw the long , brown gown of a Franciscan monk , the rough cord round his waist and the wooden crucifix slung on a piece of string round his neck . |
| 26 | However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it . |
| 27 | She said his son rang up and I said what , what 's his name ? |
| 28 | Then tragedy : after a quick run Lamb 's right calf muscle seized up and he had to leave the field — and from 183 for 4 the score suddenly became 185 for 8 , then 201 all out . |
| 29 | Terror suddenly hit her like an iron arrow in the breastbone and her throat seized up and she choked . |
| 30 | The man 's arm went up and he threw the grenade through the open door . |