Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What seemed a daunting quantity of hard male muscle clenched into action as he sat up and swung his long legs to the ground . |
| 2 | The skinhead looked up and noticed his new adversary coming to the rescue of the hapless businessman , who was feebly cringing on the ground . |
| 3 | Newman moved her hand , stood up and pressed his own hand on her shoulder to keep her seated . |
| 4 | At exactly the right moment , just when Julia 's nervousness had reached its height , he looked up and fixed his prominent grey eyes on her , his handsome regular features flushed with temper . |
| 5 | Firelight came up and licked his outstretched hand , snorted sharply and tossed her head . |
| 6 | He stood up and untied his now-biddable horse from a sapling . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , make the bloody most of it , ’ grunted Josh , as he stood up and mopped his bearded face with a large brown handkerchief . |
| 8 | He looked up and caught his first glimpse of Celia through the beads . |
| 9 | He recalled the uncanny way in which the wizard 's sword curved up and caught his own blade with a shock that jerked it out of his grip . |
| 10 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
| 11 | Scott reached up and massaged his own shoulders as best he could . |
| 12 | She watched him nervously and then he casually stretched up and removed his damp shirt so that it took all her powers , her resolutions , to appear composed in sight of his taut , powerful torso . |
| 13 | He stood up and pulled his hard hat down firmly over his head . |