Example sentences of "get up [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off .
2 Pauline has got up and walked to the bathroom .
3 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 . ’
4 He got up and reached for the phone .
5 ‘ He drank from the moment he got up and continued throughout the day , although it did n't show .
6 Benstede got up and crossed to the bed in the far comer .
7 Merrill got up and crossed to the stationery cupboard .
8 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 .
9 Then suddenly she got up and made for the piano .
10 When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter .
11 Richard got up and balanced on the ball of one foot as if he had been seized by an attack of cramp .
12 ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits .
13 Lucy Lane , trying to make contact , got up and stooped over the dog , stroking his head .
14 When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit .
15 She got up and looked in the alcove mirror .
16 Dr Graham was , as you might expect , most eloquent and , when he appealed for people to come forward and dedicate themselves , quite a few got up and went towards the screen just as though he was really there .
17 He got up and went into the house .
18 At five o'clock I got up and went into the sitting-room .
19 It was on the tip of Jehan 's tongue to suggest that Alexei was allowing himself to be used only because it suited him ; but it was clear that discussing the subject was making Jehana unhappy , and so he said nothing , sitting quietly beside her until suddenly she got up and went into the house .
20 ‘ I do n't know what you 're finding so funny , ’ she said , and she got up and went into the garden , thinking , as she looked back , that Barbs had always had the ability to put people at odds with each other and , seemingly , was able to do it when she was n't even there .
21 He got up and went into the kitchen and came back with three more cans .
22 Nurse Neil McGregor was keeping a watch on patient Michael Robinson when Sigsworth , of Melbourne House , Middlesbrough , got up and went into the day room .
23 She got up and went into the kitchen .
24 I got up and went for a walk and ended up at the Bunker .
25 Then she got up and went to the mirror above the desk .
26 Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it .
27 She got up and went to the door .
28 He got up and went to the window , looking out into his garden .
29 He got up and went to the piano , sat on the stool and found that it revolved .
30 Here he got up and went to the desk , to look for cigarettes , and stood with his back to her , going through the business of putting one in his mouth and lighting it .
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