Example sentences of "up on [noun] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refreshed , I went up on deck and looked at the waves . |
| 2 | I helped myself , and when I had finished , I went up on deck and began sorting out the rigging . |
| 3 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |
| 4 | It was a little grey-haired old lady , propped up on cushions and staring intently at something Meg could n't see . |
| 5 | I grew up on movies and have always believed that if cameras had been invented before Ur and Og first trod the stone age boards then no one would ever have bothered to invent plays , they would have just leapt straight into the cinema . |
| 6 | He was still looking dozy and was obviously full of painkillers , but was at least propped up on pillows and taking notice . |
| 7 | Well do you want that Littlewood 's shirt that I 've got , still says that we 're going , I get up on Sunday and go to and , no we 've got to go to with that coat , take that coat over |
| 8 | I said , well the important thing is Jan if you are like this you obviously did n't like , there 's no way I 'm going to meet her you 're obviously thinking it over I said so the first thing you 've got ta do is turn up on Monday and meet her cos erm , then well you 'll know . |
| 9 | He 's actually sacked his own foreman , the main contractor cos the main , the foreman turned up on site and this I think is one of the lessons to be learnt , is that foreman turned up on site and saw what was happening |
| 10 | Operatives may be produced who are , to quote Mr Leslie Kemp , the 1983 chairman of the CITB , ’ general handymen , expensively trained by the taxpayer , turning up on site and giving the services of a jack-of-all-trades and master of none ’ . |
| 11 | checking up on people and evaluating |
| 12 | The runners roll up on time and take their marks on the start line … 143 have made it … |
| 13 | They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not . |
| 14 | Shooting 'em up on screen and soiling your favourite hanky may both be furtive exercises , but they do train your digits a whole lot better than cross-country runs and cold showers ! |
| 15 | Isa reached up on tip-toe and took a white cloth from the top of the gleaming tea-urn . |
| 16 | He also handcuffed prisoners , swung them up on hooks and watched them dangle . |
| 17 | When Alexei Sultanov , a nineteen-year-old from the USSR , was finally declared the winner , he rushed up on stage and lifted his trophy over his head and yipped with glee and the people of Fort Worth stood and clapped as if they had been seized with divine ecstasy . |
| 18 | ‘ He asked some girls to go up on stage and give him a kiss , and just for a joke I did . |
| 19 | He 's got the gall to phone up on Tuesday and say Eileen ca n't do a day , we 're going to be short of Eileen . |
| 20 | In answer she lifted herself up on tiptoe and leaned against his tall , firm frame . |