Example sentences of "[vb past] up [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An anxious young face disappeared from the window as their car drew up and parked under the dripping trees , but it was the Brigadier himself who appeared at the door to meet them . |
| 2 | She knelt up and peered through the tiny porthole . |
| 3 | Ellwood filled up and parked off the forecourt behind some store-rooms . |
| 4 | In my dream , I woke up and came to the office . |
| 5 | Killion stood there hiccuping until Lambert threw wine over him ; then he woke up and went to the doorway and started calling out . |
| 6 | ‘ I drove up and parked outside the office door . |
| 7 | It was actually , I nearly creased up and fell off the chair at that stage . |
| 8 | PASSENGERS waiting to board two 400-seater jumbo jets saw the planes lifted up and thrown across the tarmac by a freak gust of wind . |
| 9 | The storm came up and burst on the Forth . |
| 10 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 11 | It came up and spilt by the fish tank . |
| 12 | Magharba reinforcements from Bishr turned up and camped in a clump of trees a few kilometres west of town . |
| 13 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 14 | and he left America and he came home and joined up and went to the South Af South African War . |
| 15 | And er I was unmarried at that time and erm I , for a number of , well till nineteen forty was the end of nineteen forty I think , I joined up and went into the , the R A O C as it was then , it became the the side that I was in of course . |
| 16 | DES Walker and Chris Woods , two of the foundation stones of Graham Taylor 's 35-game reign , could find themselves dug up and dumped as the England manager builds his team for World Cup survival . |
| 17 | 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 " . |
| 18 | With a tremendous effort of will , he straightened up and stood against the wall . |
| 19 | I put my stethoscope on her heart and listened to the increasingly faint , rapid beat then I straightened up and sat on the rug looking sightlessly into the fireplace , feeling the warmth of the flames on my face . |
| 20 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 21 | He straightened up and moved to the driving seat . |
| 22 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 23 | Luke 's next words are typical of faith 's inherent drive for resolution : ‘ Peter , however , got up and ran to the tomb , and , peering in , saw the wrappings . ’ |
| 24 | He got up and reached for the phone . |
| 25 | ‘ He drank from the moment he got up and continued throughout the day , although it did n't show . |
| 26 | Benstede got up and crossed to the bed in the far comer . |
| 27 | Merrill got up and crossed to the stationery cupboard . |
| 28 | At one o'clock Rachaela ate lunch , and at five past two , half an hour too late , she got up and left for the antiques shop . |
| 29 | Then suddenly she got up and made for the piano . |
| 30 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |