Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] with " in BNC.

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1 King Crimson was being partied by a signing label and they got up and played with Donovan .
2 When the cork is extracted the slush-like sediment shoots out of the bottle and , because the rest of the wine remaining in the bottle is at a much lower temperature than normal , the gas is reluctant to escape , hence there is no spray of foam and the bottle may be topped up and recorked with a minimal loss of pressure .
3 She jumped up and saw with dismay her reflection in the mirror over the fireplace .
4 Half the people I know came up and condoled with me on your ‘ Infidelity ’ .
5 They played ‘ ’ Invitation to the Waltz' ’ on Radio 3 this morning' — she was speaking faster and faster , edging towards the gun — ‘ such a heavenly tune , I played it at school , and suddenly found myself waltzing round the kitchen , then Ethel leapt up and waltzed with me , and I thought perhaps there is a life after Hamish .
6 He picked me up and ran with me through the shopping centre to the car .
7 I jumped up and ran with him down to the shore .
8 And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days .
9 For the whole day and all the previous evening , he had the hood up and tinkered with the engine .
10 Katherine leapt up and moved with alacrity towards the hall .
11 They met up and talked with the carpenters ' committee , who would have lent £3,000 out of their fund of £20,000 had they not been astonished to learn that the knitters had themselves no permanent fund " to answer any demand at any time " .
12 Then , spontaneously , Changez pushed himself up and danced with them , lifting each foot ponderously from the floor like a performing elephant , and sticking his elbows out as if he 'd been asked , in a drama class , to be a flamingo .
13 Phoebe looked up and smiled with simple gratitude before she said ,
14 In 1750 the town sought to have a linen market set up but met with opposition from Richhill where a linen market had been flourishing .
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