Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] and [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moved on and pulled up in front of him . |
| 2 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
| 3 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 4 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 5 | Bailiffs moved in and boarded up the house in Ely , Cardiff , as Pat and her children , Maria , 16 , and three-year-old Matthew watched . |
| 6 | The big firms swelled up and joined up and spent their money on rubber plants for the office and new offices for the rubber plants — and , most of all , on themselves . |
| 7 | For a while they lay in each other 's arms , the sweet lethargy claiming them , but as Alain 's arms tightened around her and his lips became insistent , Jenna drew back and looked up into his dark eyes . |
| 8 | She moved out and set up her own establishment . |
| 9 | Yeah , but my old man he 's a , he 's driving he was driving the one of the that 's , that erm , Lieutenant Colonel was in at the time of the , and he , he was in there and he said my old man knows for certain that at that time they were under fire , cos they drove in and picked up two bodies and put them in the back of the jeep all under fire |
| 10 | A dark , cowled figure came in and went up to stand in the Lady Chapel . |
| 11 | Sam came over and picked up the bat . |
| 12 | But before it was consumed entirely , it lifted off and shot up towards the painstyled plaster of the ceiling . |
| 13 | She takes a left turn at random and finds herself in an area of derelict buildings , burned out and boarded up , the site , she realizes , of the previous year 's rioting . |
| 14 | Sir George came back and built up his fire with new logs , hissing and singing . |
| 15 | The road was deserted and even if a motorist came by and drew up , could she be certain that he was n't a kidnapper , a rapist , even the Whistler ? |
| 16 | His terrified colleagues chimed in and held up their plates . |
| 17 | He took no notice , but turned in and drew up in the courtyard . |
| 18 | Dickinson ducked down and screwed up his face bracing himself against she shock , listening to the widening roar of the other engine . |
| 19 | After a particularly barbarous game of Murder Ball in the school gym , I stripped off and queued up for a quick soaking , along with 40 other pre-pubescent boys . |
| 20 | And when , towards the July gloaming , the royal-standard party arrived back and proceeded up to Berwick Castle with , even at a distance , an air of triumph unmistakable , the watchers ' hearts sank . |
| 21 | They all turned back and went up to the suite . |
| 22 | There was a pause while Nicole paid the bill , putting it on her husband 's gold credit card , then she straightened up and picked up the bag . |
| 23 | Basil got up and walked up and down the garden . |
| 24 | Lee got up and picked up a piece of cross-stitch tapestry from the top of an old record-player and sat down in the rocking-chair , her back to the two young people . |
| 25 | She got up and picked up the frame and brought it over to Meredith . |
| 26 | However , the telephone was certainly ringing , and he got up and picked up the receiver . |
| 27 | She saw Maggie , scooped in and carved up , the proud plastiskin peeled leprous from his face . |
| 28 | Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man . |
| 29 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
| 30 | He walked over and picked up the pewter goblet , sniffing at it carefully . |