Example sentences of "up [coord] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its great plug was lifted up or dropped down through a tubular cage of brass , and its brass taps gaped wide as the mouths of sea lions . |
| 2 | The worlds they encompass read end to end do n't add up or line up along a single straight trajectory . |
| 3 | Give yourself a massage either standing up or sitting down on a towel . |
| 4 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 5 | Assuming they were free from spelling and other mistakes , a process which may have involved several attempts , these were cut up and stuck down onto a master layout sheet using wax or gum . |
| 6 | Masklin got up and walked over to a large leather bag half-wedged under the seat . |
| 7 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 8 | He tried to stand up and fell back with a little snort of pain . |
| 9 | He stood up and went over to an escritoire and took a piece of paper out of a drawer . |
| 10 | He got up and went across to a bureau in the corner furthest from the fire , returning a moment later with a folder which he handed to the T'ang . |
| 11 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 12 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 13 | Well this , this is what I 'm saying , if it had been picked up and followed through at an earlier stage he would have been ensconced |
| 14 | ‘ Empties are saved up and locked away in an old spray store , ’ adds Mr Doig . |
| 15 | I often feel like I could pack up and go home for a holiday in Ireland . |
| 16 | He breathed the air deeply , hauling it into his broad chest as if this particular air on this exact spot could be stored up and carried around as a reserve and reminder : for minutes on end he stood there , resisting any move which would lift the spell , gazing into the hidden valley as if in there lay the treasure he wanted . |
| 17 | Sometimes he 'd get more hyped up and ride along on a snaking king-boogie , or work out a streak of magical stop-time sleaze like ‘ Boom Boom ’ ( first recorded in ‘ 61 ) . |
| 18 | He pushed away from me and stood up and stumbled over to a wooden chest , tearing one of its drawers right out so that it crashed to the carpeted floor and a load of jumpers fell out . |
| 19 | He picked her up and sat down on a small settee , keeping his arm round her . |
| 20 | With three minutes to go , Bergsson was warming up and held on to a ball that went out of play . |
| 21 | After trailing her for over two hours Poppy flopped down , but when I approached her she just got up and dived off through a hole in the fence . |
| 22 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
| 23 | He wanted to be picked up and wrung out like a floor cloth to get the stuff out of his system . |
| 24 | The two bombs were attached to the hull of the Rainbow Warrior , berthed at Marsden Wharf , at around 8.30 p.m. and at about 9.30 p.m. a man wearing a red woollen hat was seen abandoning a Zodiac dinghy near the Outboard Boating Club in Hobson 's Bay and then climbing up the embankment to Tamaki Drive where he was picked up and driven off in a camper van . |
| 25 | Trolley safe from the Heinz Baby Club 's Safety Catalogue is a two-inch wide polyester webbing belt , which is fully adjustable and will restrain babies and children , preventing them from standing up and falling out of a trolley , or tipping it over completely . |
| 26 | I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ picked up and cast aside like an old sock . |