Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.

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1	Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened .
2	Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves .
3	His master got up and looked out of the window .
4	He hung up and stared out of the window , over the roofs of Victoria .
5	But when , after an hour , the rain eased off , she quietly got up and walked out of the house .
6	Naturally the film only showed the sequence once , and having seen it , Wil got up and walked out of the cinema .
7	Geoffrey Parchmeiner , Philippa 's betrothed , stood up and walked out of the darkness near the wall .
8	The second officer said : ‘ I got up and ran out of the tent .
9	He simply cleared his plate , drank his tea , and then got up and went out of the house .
10	She stood up and went out of the room , while I pondered her ominous information .
11	He got up and went out of the room , to return after a moment with a duvet , which he tucked around her .
12	Ethel got up and flounced out of the hall , looking grim .
13	He backed his van up and drove out of the courtyard to join the heavy lunch-time traffic moving towards the Cathedral .
14	Some time after dark , when the cans which had held chicken and plum pudding lay cold in a shallow pit , and when our plates and dishes had been scraped clean , we wrapped ourselves up and sat out of the wind , behind the Land Rover .
15	I hauled myself up and peered out of the bars .
16	Peggy stood up and slipped out of the tent into the bright August afternoon .

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