Example sentences of "up [adv] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dropped his briefcase on the chesterfield , and Mrs Stych snatched it up crossly and took it into his den , while he went to the refrigerator in search of ice cubes for a drink . |
| 2 | Vincent picked himself up slowly and rubbed his ribs . |
| 3 | She stood up slowly and showed it to the bearded man . |
| 4 | Then he stood up suddenly and snapped his fingers . |
| 5 | With this , she once more wrapped up warmly and made her way to the stable . |
| 6 | Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards . |
| 7 | I add them up yesterday and said what 's it , what do I do , I 've not come to , now they 've sent me a temporary one . |
| 8 | Her mother always got up early and exercised her dogs before breakfast . |
| 9 | ‘ I got up early and pawned your watch , ’ Laz explained . |
| 10 | He sat up quickly and hit his head on the eave . |
| 11 | Caroline sat up quickly and put her hands to her cheeks . |
| 12 | He stood up straight and thrust his hands into the pockets of his faded jeans . |
| 13 | Shelley shook her head in mock despair at the state of his lungs , but she was reassured by the noise , and the way he sat up straight and opened his eyes , blinking in the brightness of the morning sun beneath the plane tree shade . |
| 14 | Alex worked himself into a crimson-faced rage and bit the curled corner of the carpet , whereupon Marie picked him up bodily and carried him out of the room . |
| 15 | Toby picked me up bodily and carried me to his bed . |
| 16 | Despite the protests she sat up now and swung her feet from the settee . |
| 17 | I 'd bought all I needed in Oban , so I just came up here and got myself settled in . |
| 18 | He took two of them up here and took them in sections and built one in Stenness and another in . |
| 19 | So I got up immediately and said it would be the end of a beautiful friendship if he accused me of necrophilia ! |
| 20 | We got the words up there and timed it right and everything and then a rehearsal was done . |
| 21 | I thought you 'd gone up there and got it . |
| 22 | Yes , when we came out here I 'll never forget Mark , not even saying thank you , not , not even for raising the money I mean I would n't expect that from the parishioners , that 's what we should be trying to do , but even for the food and that , till erm Kitty and and the way he got up then and said it , most ungraciously |
| 23 | We picked her up then and carried her out , dumping her , limp as a sailbag , on the back seat . |
| 24 | He stood up abruptly and pulled her to her feet . |
| 25 | He stood up abruptly and resumed his restless pacing of the room , like a caged animal that had suddenly found the confines of its cage far too small for comfort . |
| 26 | The tall man swung his hat up again and latched it onto his head . |
| 27 | She curled up again and closed her eyes . |
| 28 | Slowly Ruth sat up too and leaned her head against his shoulder . |
| 29 | Cleg stood up too and put his hand into his pocket . |
| 30 | when we played CBGB 's this guy who 's some sort of junior manager for Marvel came up afterwards and said he really liked the band and that it was a shit thing they sued us . ’ |