Example sentences of "[vb past] up [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lucy Lane , trying to make contact , got up and stooped over the dog , stroking his head . |
| 32 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 33 | She got up and looked in the alcove mirror . |
| 34 | Dr Graham was , as you might expect , most eloquent and , when he appealed for people to come forward and dedicate themselves , quite a few got up and went towards the screen just as though he was really there . |
| 35 | He got up and went into the house . |
| 36 | At five o'clock I got up and went into the sitting-room . |
| 37 | It was on the tip of Jehan 's tongue to suggest that Alexei was allowing himself to be used only because it suited him ; but it was clear that discussing the subject was making Jehana unhappy , and so he said nothing , sitting quietly beside her until suddenly she got up and went into the house . |
| 38 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're finding so funny , ’ she said , and she got up and went into the garden , thinking , as she looked back , that Barbs had always had the ability to put people at odds with each other and , seemingly , was able to do it when she was n't even there . |
| 39 | He got up and went into the kitchen and came back with three more cans . |
| 40 | Nurse Neil McGregor was keeping a watch on patient Michael Robinson when Sigsworth , of Melbourne House , Middlesbrough , got up and went into the day room . |
| 41 | She got up and went into the kitchen . |
| 42 | Then she got up and went to the mirror above the desk . |
| 43 | Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it . |
| 44 | She got up and went to the door . |
| 45 | He got up and went to the window , looking out into his garden . |
| 46 | He got up and went to the piano , sat on the stool and found that it revolved . |
| 47 | Here he got up and went to the desk , to look for cigarettes , and stood with his back to her , going through the business of putting one in his mouth and lighting it . |
| 48 | Andrée got up and went to the door . |
| 49 | One night she dreamed that she got up and went to the lavatory , where she found a new , neatly typed notice fixed over the bowl . |
| 50 | He got up and went to the restaurant . |
| 51 | I got up and went to the corner of the parapet , from where I could see in three directions . |
| 52 | Rachaela got up and went to the edge of Ruth 's sanctum . |
| 53 | He got up and went to the door . |
| 54 | She got up and went to the door . |
| 55 | In my dream I got up and went to the office . |
| 56 | He got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face . |
| 57 | The doctor got up and went to the telephone . |
| 58 | Theda got up and went to the cabinet to pour a dose of one of the mixtures prescribed by Dr Spilsby . |
| 59 | Clare got up and went to the door . |
| 60 | He got up and went to the bathroom before she had time to move . |