Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] [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 | 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 . |
6 | But when , after an hour , the rain eased off , she quietly got up and walked out of the house . |
7 | Naturally the film only showed the sequence once , and having seen it , Wil got up and walked out of the cinema . |
8 | Geoffrey Parchmeiner , Philippa 's betrothed , stood up and walked out of the darkness near the wall . |
9 | The second officer said : ‘ I got up and ran out of the tent . |
10 | In general , too , rhythmic and temporal features of speech are ignored in transcriptions ; the rhythmic structure which appears to bind some groups of words more closely together than others , and the speeding up and slowing down of the overall pace of speech relative to the speaker 's normal pace in a given speech situation , are such complex variables that we have very little idea how they are exploited in speech and to what effect ( but , cf. |
11 | He simply cleared his plate , drank his tea , and then got up and went out of the house . |
12 | She stood up and went out of the room , while I pondered her ominous information . |
13 | He got up and went out of the room , to return after a moment with a duvet , which he tucked around her . |
14 | The keeper got up and minced out of the room . |
15 | Ethel got up and flounced out of the hall , looking grim . |
16 | He backed his van up and drove out of the courtyard to join the heavy lunch-time traffic moving towards the Cathedral . |
17 | Wizzo ! ’ yelled Zach , leaping up and running out of the kitchen , ‘ Calloo , calloo , calloo , callay . ’ |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I curl up and look out of the window . |
20 | I hauled myself up and peered out of the bars . |
21 | Peggy stood up and slipped out of the tent into the bright August afternoon . |