Example sentences of "up and [verb] out [prep] 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 Tom stood up and looked out at the freshly-weeded graveyard .
5 He hung up and stared out of the window , over the roofs of Victoria .
6 does n't say all that much , she 'll probably just get up and walk out of the room or , or heave a big sigh or something .
7 But when , after an hour , the rain eased off , she quietly got up and walked out of the house .
8 Naturally the film only showed the sequence once , and having seen it , Wil got up and walked out of the cinema .
9 Geoffrey Parchmeiner , Philippa 's betrothed , stood up and walked out of the darkness near the wall .
10 Then he got up and walked out into the antechamber .
11 The second officer said : ‘ I got up and ran out of the tent .
12 He simply cleared his plate , drank his tea , and then got up and went out of the house .
13 She stood up and went out of the room , while I pondered her ominous information .
14 He got up and went out of the room , to return after a moment with a duvet , which he tucked around her .
15 I stood up and went out into the corridor .
16 Daniel got up and went out into the night .
17 The keeper got up and minced out of the room .
18 Ethel got up and flounced out of the hall , looking grim .
19 Opening the weather door 360 feet up and stepping out for the final 44 feet outside is , he says without particular emphasis , ‘ dramatic ’ .
20 He backed his van up and drove out of the courtyard to join the heavy lunch-time traffic moving towards the Cathedral .
21 The chance to be her own boss , to give free rein to her design flair , to stand up and reach out for the stars … finally that chance was hers .
22 Wizzo ! ’ yelled Zach , leaping up and running out of the kitchen , ‘ Calloo , calloo , calloo , callay . ’
23 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 .
24 What you have going for you is the ability to withstand whatever is dished up and to come out on the winning side .
25 I curl up and look out of the window .
26 Everyone stood up and moved out into the clearing .
27 Sam scrambles up and wades out to the bird .
28 I hauled myself up and peered out of the bars .
29 Peggy stood up and slipped out of the tent into the bright August afternoon .
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