Example sentences of "up and [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public NME had the good sense to decline an invitation to a party for FLOWERED UP and their short film Weekender . |
| 2 | Her face lit up and her amber eyes danced with golden lights . |
| 3 | Annie 's face had flushed up and her natural reticence caused her to look away from Billy 's gaze as he glanced up at her . |
| 4 | Sarah 's eyes lit up and her pale skin coloured to a pleasing pink . |
| 5 | With its doss houses and meths drinkers it was for long Edinburgh 's ‘ skid row ’ but it in the process of being tidied up and its picturesque old buildings are being steadily restored . |
| 6 | ‘ Na , na , na , baby ’ ducking his head down and shaking it , his elbows bent up and his clicking fingers held high behind his ears , while he footed round the room . |
| 7 | He ordered the 17 elephants lined up and his own fine beast was ranged alongside them , making 18 . |
| 8 | He wore a crisp white collarless shirt with the sleeves well rolled up and his baggy grey trousers were held up with a piece of string . |
| 9 | Yes , it 's just that quite right , we have n't got a fund , a major fund raising event now until July , unless anything else of , you know , smaller crops up and our two street collections we know will bring in quite a lot of money . |
| 10 | Eventually the fuel is used up and our naive expectation would be that the star should contract to a size at which pressure and gravitation are in balance . |
| 11 | The 59-year-old , who has been on a hectic 10,000-mile round trip to Buenos Aires , said : ‘ I 've only just woken up and my only plans now are to go to bed . ’ |