Example sentences of "up [prep] [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood up for him and said it was rubbish , and told all the black players to quit training . |
| 2 | ‘ Wolves forward Paul Cook spoke up for me and said he was out of control . |
| 3 | With a groan , Vitor drew her up against him and pinioned her in his arms . |
| 4 | One day she herself was looking in the mirror , and her sailor came up behind her and put his arms around her waist , and stared hungrily at her joyous face . |
| 5 | Getting to her feet , angry and hurt all over again , she moved jerkily about the small room and only halted when Leo came up behind her and placed his palms on her shoulders to still her . |
| 6 | The French girl came up behind him and kicked his backside . |
| 7 | ‘ The truth is that Patrick was partly terrified of Peter , who came up behind him and thought he knew better what he should do . |
| 8 | Accid you know , came up behind him and thought he |
| 9 | Suddenly the Persian came up behind him and took his arm . |
| 10 | You 'll be doing him a favour , she 'd thought , and so as he wandered past the kitchen on a mid-afternoon stroll she crept up behind him and grabbed him by the neck . |
| 11 | I went up behind him and put my hand on his shoulder . |
| 12 | Inspector was standing there and George came up behind him and threw him a beautiful salute . |
| 13 | After a short , ugly pause , Toby came up behind me and hung his handkerchief over the mirror with a mortician 's gesture . |
| 14 | After a moment Toby came up behind me and rested his chin on my shoulder . |
| 15 | One day he came up behind me and pushed me into a metal locker . |
| 16 | We were walking up the road from the hotel when a young man padded up behind us and greeted us in English . |
| 17 | He tore towards her , menace in every line of him as he caught up with her and grabbed her by the shoulders , his eyes blazing . |
| 18 | Ember caught up with her and matched his pace to hers . |
| 19 | He plunged for the side , but with three swift strokes Nails caught up with him and collared him round the neck . |
| 20 | He was pursued by the customer who had been threatened , who caught up with him and knocked him off his motorcycle ; the offender then threatened him with the gun . |
| 21 | She caught up with me and took me along to a paddock to see her horse . |
| 22 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 23 | ‘ I saw the other riders up beside me and outbraked them . |
| 24 | They ganged up on me and nicked my harmonica . |
| 25 | They went up to her and calmed her and helped her to bed . |
| 26 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 27 | He went up to her and touched her shoulder awkwardly . |
| 28 | He 's walked up to her and asked her out ! |
| 29 | Mary was no longer scared of Mum ; she stood up to her and matched her temper . |
| 30 | When she was halfway there , he caught up to her and spun her around to face him . |