Example sentences of "up [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung aside the door he was suddenly lying beneath , stared up bitterly and ran a black shirt-cuff across his bloodied nose . |
| 2 | She spoke up properly when questioned . |
| 3 | He dropped his briefcase on the chesterfield , and Mrs Stych snatched it up crossly and took it into his den , while he went to the refrigerator in search of ice cubes for a drink . |
| 4 | From the kitchen behind them came the sound of Mrs Brissett cleaning up vigorously and singing ‘ The Holly and the Ivy ’ . |
| 5 | Grace got up slowly and went downstairs to her bedroom . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean stand up slowly and make yer way to the back shop and we can all have a wee chat . |
| 7 | He straightened up slowly and tugged cautiously on his end of the rope . |
| 8 | Vincent picked himself up slowly and rubbed his ribs . |
| 9 | Fingertips on sides of head , sit up slowly and lie back . |
| 10 | He stood up slowly and entered the lounge . |
| 11 | She stood up slowly and showed it to the bearded man . |
| 12 | Asik was hungary and tired , his knees were sore and he wanted to go to sleep but he got up slowly and started down the road . |
| 13 | ‘ Gods help us … what is it now ? ’ he muttered , getting up slowly and pulling on his gown . |
| 14 | Until this happens people will always feel the threat of a ‘ 10/6 ’ dictator popping up somewhere and causing great global conflict damaging the fragile , but nevertheless improving balance of world power . |
| 15 | It 's just a pity we do n't live in the era when a man could set his mistress up somewhere and know she 'd be there waiting for him whenever he felt the urge to see her , but was never , ever seen with her in public . ’ |
| 16 | Sometimes , though , we can be so afraid of what other people think that we shut up rather than speak up . |
| 17 | The 15th was an obvious birdie hole but Wadkins thinned his drive and , after much deliberation , decided to lay up rather than go for the carry . |
| 18 | This in turn leads to their ‘ going by the book ’ , their sense of power stemming from their ability to hold things up rather than get things done . |
| 19 | In other words , my guard was now so strong that I would wake myself up rather than allow myself to eat , even in a dream . |
| 20 | They come in and follow it up rather than preventing it . |
| 21 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 22 | They returned down a different hole and soon found a dry , empty burrow , where they curled up together and slept in the warmth of their own tired bodies . |
| 23 | And at night — because the men have their own separate lodging — they curl up together and go to sleep . |
| 24 | Men DO make passes at girls who wear glasses — which is probably why Cartier have named their new gold-plated frames ‘ Romance ’ and designed an invisible ‘ C ’ stamp on the lens which shows up only when breathed on … approx £310 . |
| 25 | He said that if I woke early — and most visitors from Paris did wake early their first few mornings — I should get up straightaway and walk into town . |
| 26 | Both the newspaper groups currently using the software are printing onto page printers and the output is then cut up manually and pasted into position on the page . |
| 27 | As you reach the waist , pull it up gently and return smoothly to the starting point ( see Fig. 3 ) . |
| 28 | He sat up gingerly and looked slowly around the cell . |
| 29 | She got up gingerly and worked hard at appearing all right . |
| 30 | The boy sat up suddenly and laughed a strange , low laugh . |