Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed . |
| 2 | Not the most patient young lady in the world , Dolly sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed . |
| 3 | More often , though , he preferred to pitch the ball up and get his wickets in less intimidating fashion . |
| 4 | ‘ You and me both , ’ Jane grumbled , standing up and smoothing her hands down the front of her creased navy and white pleated skirt . |
| 5 | Mathers stood up and checked his pockets for car keys and cigarettes . |
| 6 | At once she sat up and crossed her hands in her lap . |
| 7 | THE GHOST of Charles Ives , still shouting ‘ stand up and use your ears like a man ’ , must have stalked the corridors when the opening programme of the BBC Symphony Orchestra 's season was under construction . |
| 8 | And I do n't want the little ones tripping up and crashing their heads on a |
| 9 | THE MAMBO KINGS Cuban brothers in rhythm Armand Assante ( hairily upbeat ) and Antonio Banderas ( moodily homesick ) do the Hispanic hustle , break up , make up and sell their souls to America . |
| 10 | Ignoring everyone else , he walked up and took her hands in his , saying simply : ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 11 | It was some time before she could gather her forces sufficiently to stand up and rest her hands on the chill white plaster of the window embrasure . |
| 12 | He weighed 196lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man-to-man talk ( I say man-to-man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . |
| 13 | After putting her hat and coat back on , she looked in the mirror , and she twisted her face up and stabbed her fingers towards her reflection as she said , ‘ That is n't me ! |
| 14 | Whitlock stood up and dug his hands into his pockets . |
| 15 | In a speech on Sept. 27 , he had appeared to encourage his supporters in the teeming shanty town areas of Port-au-Prince to rectify gross social inequalities by rising up and killing their opponents with " necklaces " of flaming tyres , known locally as " Pères Lebruns " after the country 's main tyre importing firm . |
| 16 | And then he let out a call of welcome and triumph and he turned round in his cage and , raising his wings , flew up and dashed his talons against the very top of his cage and , wheeling sideways , hit against the side of Minch 's cage as well so that the Cages were filled with the sound of his joy . |
| 17 | Wickham suggested that once he 'd had his fun with the Linleys he could have owned up and put their minds at rest . |
| 18 | She came up and put her arms round him . |
| 19 | The girl Marilyn got up and put her arms around her friend . |
| 20 | She came up and put her arms around him . |
| 21 | Captain Seru stood up and put her hands in her pockets . |
| 22 | For answer , he got up and put his arms round her . |
| 23 | He stood up and put his cigarettes in his pocket . |
| 24 | The young man straightened up and put his hands on his hips , staring at the man . |
| 25 | Stok stood up and put his hands on the small of his back and threw his head back like a man in pain . |
| 26 | He stood up and put his hands in his pockets and took a few turns about the room . |
| 27 | When the bell went sounding the end of the day we packed up and put our chairs on the desk . |
| 28 | She rushed up and threw her arms around her in a totally uncharacteristic gesture of affection , and felt all the stress of Piers Morrison lift from her shoulders as they began chatting animatedly about everything under the sun , catching up on old news . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll go up and hear their prayers in a minute , ’ Laura said , managing to summon up a smile as she gazed at her friend . |
| 30 | Then he turned up and explained his ideas about bringing electricity to Low Birk Hatt . |