Example sentences of "[vb past] up and [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the question , her head jerked up and she saw that Vitor had awakened from his nap and was frowning at her . |
| 2 | The soldier woke up with a snort ; his head jerked up and he looked at us inquiringly . |
| 3 | It bounced up and I turned to see the ball hovering above my stumps . |
| 4 | Eventually , all the pressure built up and I had a nervous breakdown . |
| 5 | It hit me when I phoned up and they said those two had gone . |
| 6 | So he phoned up and he had to redial two or three times before he started . |
| 7 | I phoned up and I got phone up to ask for the information right ? |
| 8 | I started to like it more when we loosened up and it got less serious . |
| 9 | I gave it a coat yesterday morning and then it hardened up and I rubbed it down with a bit of fine wire wool today |
| 10 | A cold , harsh light struck through deep wells in the banks of cloud ; then these wells filled up and it became almost dark . |
| 11 | Yes , I remember , I saw them when I woke up and I thought … |
| 12 | And I woke up and I found myself that I was the only one . |
| 13 | So John came up and we said er we were wondering who could judge th Christmas card competition and he was saying oh I do n't know , and then th the P T A chairman came up erm we said oh perhaps you should judge the Christmas card competition erm and she said well Melissa is judging it and we said Pardon ! |
| 14 | I lifted them early because I did n't want to leave them any longer because they were going to get damaged and they were , they were a wet potato when they came up and they 've cooked wet , so I think that the amount of rainfall you have has a lot to do with it . |
| 15 | I sort off , parked car there and I came up and he had room to do that |
| 16 | He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in . |
| 17 | He was bent in the act of locking the car as Maggie came up and he straightened to a considerable height , dark eyes running over her in astonishment . |
| 18 | The trouble is I mean if , if it did , it came up and he wanted to sell it would of it would obviously decrease the value . |
| 19 | No , he was n't , because his head came up and he threw himself back on the ground behind him and he was rolling around in a heap of laughter . |
| 20 | His eyes came up and she saw his jaw tense before the shutters came down and blanked off his thoughts . |
| 21 | Her head came up and she looked him in the eye . |
| 22 | Her hand came up and she caught him a stinging blow across the cheek , watching without a flicker as the mark turned first white , then red . |
| 23 | then I felt a real twit , cos a man came up and I said I think something 's gone wrong with the auto bank machine , says I , it wo n't give me any money because it 's , it 's coming up there 's an error , so he said well I 'll try and see , he says , he put in exactly the same card as me , he had the Midland card , put it in , got his money |
| 24 | Once again those bloody crossbows came up and I heard the click of bolts being placed . |
| 25 | When the lights came up and I turned to ask his reactions , I found him sitting speechless , tears coursing down his cheeks . |
| 26 | The crowd opened up and he headed for the gate . |
| 27 | It was then I noticed a small cut on his forearm , at least it looked small until it opened up and I realised it went all the way through all the underlying muscles . |
| 28 | Gran and I … well , Gran opened up and I know the reason for her succession of illnesses , real and imagined . |
| 29 | I wa I usually and then lock it and th and when there was visitors she opened up and she left the front door wide open and in there rummaging around ! |
| 30 | Then the old girl turned up and him to stop him mutilating him bit more . |