Example sentences of "he get up and [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Woolley , arms folded , watched him get up and limp away , trembling with rage .
2 Mundell , 22 , and Lieutenant Andrew Hadley , 24 , then stormed into Lt Richard Brearey 's room and asked him to get up and watch the results .
3 Eva observed : " No matter how devastated people can be there 's a tremendous resilience in the human being that allows him to get up and start again .
4 I told him to get up and put some clothes on — he 's on his way round to Florrie 's now , to say that Eb 's staying with us .
5 After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair .
6 We lay there silently , then he got up and left the room , leaving me lying there in an agony of frustration and guilt , furious with myself for having given way , yet curiously glad I had finally done so .
7 He got up and left her sitting alone .
8 Then , gulping down the remains of his cup of tea , he got up and left the table .
9 He got the sack , cos he got up and left his job overslept and annoyed erm Rachael because she woke him up twice and said come on you 've got to go to work , he said alright then , she , she went back to bed thinking he 'd get up and of course he were still laying in bed , I woke him up at five to eleven , said come on you 're an hour late , but when he got down there they said no it 's no good you 've got the sack , and he said well it 's your own fault then cos you were woke up twice by Rachael at nine o'clock , he had n't , he could have got up and gone to work , just idle we met him twice , it really upset him
10 He got up and put the light on , shivering .
11 He believed that he got up and felt his feet sink through the floor while the music from down below came up like vapour and was breathed rather than heard .
12 I had moved from his shoulder , so he got up and retrieved my hat .
13 Then he got up and walked on .
14 He sat silently for a minute and then he got up and walked out .
15 But the assistant on the show got so pissed that she put her head on his lap , after which he got up and walked off in the middle of the programme . ’
16 Then he got up and walked out into the antechamber .
17 He got up and walked over to the group of children and chatted with them for a moment .
18 ‘ I mean , he got up and walked away .
19 The thought of Milward cheered him up , and he got up and went over to the bookcase where the offending pamphlet was stored .
20 He got up and went back to the pony , climbing on as Nutty had told him .
21 He got up and went over to the sack .
22 He got up and went to the window , looking out into his garden .
23 He got up and went to the piano , sat on the stool and found that it revolved .
24 He got up and went outside to clean the car .
25 He got up and went out to feed the rabbits .
26 Here he got up and went to the desk , to look for cigarettes , and stood with his back to her , going through the business of putting one in his mouth and lighting it .
27 He got up and went into the house .
28 He got up and went across to a bureau in the corner furthest from the fire , returning a moment later with a folder which he handed to the T'ang .
29 He got up and went to the restaurant .
30 ‘ I was upset at being kept awake by people snoring , ’ said Fintan , but after a moment he got up and went off to the buttery himself , ‘ because we need to know if the parsley butter is ready , ’ he said rather defiantly .
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