Example sentences of "[vb past] up and [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poles from the other areas of partitioned Poland rose up and fought for over eight months in support of his efforts to halt the dismemberment of the Polish state . |
| 2 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 3 | They came up and fought for half an hour till they was both flat on their backs , on the waste land there . |
| 4 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 5 | He got up and reached for the phone . |
| 6 | At one o'clock Rachaela ate lunch , and at five past two , half an hour too late , she got up and left for the antiques shop . |
| 7 | Then suddenly she got up and made for the piano . |
| 8 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 9 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 10 | I got up and went for a walk and ended up at the Bunker . |
| 11 | Leonora contemplated argument , abandoned it , and , without taking the hand , got up and started for the stairs on leaden feet , full of foreboding about the night ahead . |
| 12 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 13 | I thought it was a fine display of irreligious pop art myself , but the local Scout Master must 've taken offence , for the Dog pack packed up and headed for The Robey , where they currently host their anti-establishment , multi-media club nights . |
| 14 | I scrambled up and reached for the eject button on the cassette deck . |
| 15 | That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day . |
| 16 | as they reached up and felt for the fruit . |
| 17 | Then , as one nome , they gave up and ran for it , fighting their way through the scrub and grass , skidding on stones , elbows going up and down like pistons . |
| 18 | Jackie stood up and reached for the bottle . |
| 19 | He stood up and reached for his dressing gown . |
| 20 | He stood up and reached for his hat . |
| 21 | Without turning on the light she sat up and reached for her bottle and glass , faintly alarmed to discover she could find them both by feel alone . |
| 22 | Sara sat up and felt for her dressing-gown . |
| 23 | Not daring to put on the light , she sat up and felt for the glass of water on the bedside table . |
| 24 | He sat up and groped for his watch on the bedside table . |
| 25 | ‘ Navan ! ’ called the driver , and I jumped up and reached for my bag . |