Example sentences of "up and [vb past] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I strode up and doffed my hat . |
| 2 | He went up and clapped my master on the shoulder . |
| 3 | I had moved from his shoulder , so he got up and retrieved my hat . |
| 4 | I became conscious of where I was and what I was doing so I quickly stood up and dried my eyes . |
| 5 | He came up and touched my breast through my nightdress . |
| 6 | Bunny straightened up and took my wallet out of his back pocket . |
| 7 | I weighed it all up and made my decision . ’ |
| 8 | And er he went round and I do n't know I never heard him playing the fiddle , but they said he was very good at fiddling , but he was a grand one for old stories , , and er he was just doing farms here and there so Then eventually he turned so old he 'd only one dog and then er he died down at the D At a place called the Doonie And this man D Duncan , he had just an er one of the er I think one of the tramps from Blair Gowrie was working to him and he came up and told my father and my father went down to see about him , you see him being in the parish council . |
| 9 | Because my stomach come up and met my heart |
| 10 | There was no one around so I went up and put my nose practically against the glass . |
| 11 | When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me . |
| 12 | I brought my face up and put my head back , baring my neck to the wind like a lover , to the rain like an offering . |
| 13 | ’ ’ I 'm sure I 'm going to leave the ground and float up and hit my head on the ceiling , and all the time the voices are call ‘ DO IT DO IT DO IT … ’ |
| 14 | Some water came up and hit my bum , and that was when the phone went . |
| 15 | I drew up and pushed my head out of the window . |
| 16 | Then another time I smashed my cell up and slashed my arms and that , because I did n't get any letters or anything like that , so one of the screws came in and they put us down the block . |
| 17 | I stood up and patted my pockets to make sure I had keys , wallet , and so on . |
| 18 | I jumped up and picked my way across the table . |
| 19 | I rushed outside , looked up and opened my mouth to let the flakes drop in . |
| 20 | I woke up and opened my eyes and there were fuzzy patches , just like I had eight years ago … ’ |
| 21 | The existence of two different ways of actualizing the potential meaning of to in discourse is clearly seen in sentences which can be ambiguous : ( 6 ) I got up and opened my mouth to commence a downright torrent of abuse . |
| 22 | He was armed with a stout length of post , which came up and broke my blow . |
| 23 | I hung up and rested my forehead against the wall in despair . |