Example sentences of "up [adv] and [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vincent picked himself up slowly and rubbed his ribs . |
| 2 | Then he stood up suddenly and snapped his fingers . |
| 3 | He sat up quickly and hit his head on the eave . |
| 4 | He stood up straight and thrust his hands into the pockets of his faded jeans . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( ROS stands up restlessly and flaps his arms . ) |
| 7 | The match with Malta at Tannadice , Andy Roxburgh said yesterday , is also Ferguson 's chance to ‘ show up well and get his career moving again ’ after lengthy negative publicity surrounding transfers , fines and a TV appearance by the player 's agent to complain about the size of the bed in the forward 's digs . |
| 8 | My husband gets up earlier and makes his own breakfast . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He did n't like the tremors that went with the addiction — the wavering match as he lit up again and spilling his tea during a work-break was embarrassing . |
| 11 | Cleg stood up too and put his hand into his pocket . |