Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [conj] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moon had come up and laid a greenish iridescence on the surface of the lake . |
| 2 | All fatalities associated with this species have occurred when swimmers or divers have casually picked up and handled the octopus . |
| 3 | First , because it is evident that many of the problems which the Authority identified in 1985 when it established PNP were centred as much on professional attitudes as professional expertise — attitudes to children , to curriculum , to teaching methods , to parents , to ethnic minority groups , to gender issues — and indeed we have picked up and reported the resilience of many of the attitudes which the Authority sought to change . |
| 4 | By the time she 'd sat up and pushed the dishevelled hair out of her eyes he was behind the wheel , and the car was moving forward . |
| 5 | Ace had sat up and discarded the ice-pack so that he could face her . |
| 6 | ‘ I have tidied up and laid the fire for evening , madame . |
| 7 | Subsequently , the MBC has made available a number of new premises for rent to processors and has generally tidied up and improved the area using Industrial Improvement Area procedures . |
| 8 | in this place who have got up and done a day 's work before they 've come here ! |
| 9 | Yeah , twenty five says when once the householder has got up and locked the door and you start to stand outside and knock at the door saying sir open to us , but in answer he will say to you , I do not know where you are from , then you will start saying we ate and drank in front of you and we 've taught in our broad ways , but he will speak and say to you , I do not know where you are from , get away from me you are workers of unrighteousness |
| 10 | At some point he must have got up and opened the window . |
| 11 | It ca n't have been the script , which tried unconvincingly to suggest multiple reconciliation under the spell of the Castello Brown ( the castle 's real-life name , believe me or not ) and then petered out , as if the adaptor had given up and left the cast to improvise . |
| 12 | Edouard thought of Isobel 's family , of her grandfathers , uncles , cousins , who had propped up and maintained an empire , who had fought , and ruled , in India , in Africa . |
| 13 | Just like the other doctors , it has scrubbed up and donned a protective gown before starting work in Sacramento , California . |
| 14 | What 's he got oh he 's got the box , he 's climbed up and got the box with me |
| 15 | And true enough , after an afternoon weaving a poem back on to the frayed ends of a loom of broken rhymes , I had leapt up and punched the air with determination . |
| 16 | A taxi driver has been hijacked , beaten up and driven a hundred miles to London , where he was robbed of just twelve pounds . |
| 17 | Before she knew it Rosa had stood up and deposited the soft warm bundle in Ruth 's arms . |