Example sentences of "[vb past] up and [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |
| 2 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 3 | A guardsman got up and thanked him in English for granting the battalion a week 's leave . |
| 4 | Phrases leapt up and hit him with a force which was almost physical . |
| 5 | But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd . |
| 6 | After calling Willie several times and getting no response , he eventually gave up and tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 7 | The Woman stood up and faced him across the table . |
| 8 | She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin . |
| 9 | Old Henry VII , father to the Great Killer , was a born miser and inveterate liar who would n't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the nose . |
| 10 | De Craon comes here , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ with his false face and lying tongue … the fellow would n't know the truth if it jumped up and pulled him by his pointed nose ! ’ |