Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 2 | The mosquitos came up and bit me in the dark . |
| 3 | And I have cleaned round him , but you know , as quick as I pick them up and throw them in the corner , he gets them out again . |
| 4 | Malcolm just used to screw them up and chuck them in the bin . |
| 5 | He lifted it up and dropped it in the white plastic bag which lines the litter bin . |
| 6 | She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin . |
| 7 | And then just up and shoot him in the good old British way . |
| 8 | He 'd tried several , imitating his Mum 's signature but he 'd scrumpled them up and put them in the waste paper basket . |
| 9 | Frau Hoflin took one look at her and refrained from asking her to pick them up and put them in the washing machine . |
| 10 | Anthony came to read it , then automatically folded it up and put it in the breast pocket of his black coat . |
| 11 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 12 | So I rang up and told them in the office . |
| 13 | A little hesitantly and with an ear cocked for approaching footsteps , she picked it up and tried it in the cupboard lock . |
| 14 | Yet she refused absolutely to recognise it , even when it jumped up and hit her in the face . |
| 15 | Back at his hotel , packing for his return to London , John wondered how to fit this large acquisition into his luggage , could not think of a way , decided that he did not want a souvenir of the trip anyway because of his gloom about the impending ballet , so tore it up and threw it in the wastepaper basket . |
| 16 | He screwed the note up and threw it in the general direction of the wastepaper basket . |
| 17 | So of course our Emma got it and tore it up and threw it in the fire . |
| 18 | They kept bloody coming up and hitting you in the face . |
| 19 | This can become a real problem unless the situation is handled cautiously , because simply lifting the dog up and placing it in the car will be counter-productive . |
| 20 | Cos you can sort of talk to people on the way up and record you in the car |
| 21 | Small world then , life 's I mean erm , child seat , there was one child seat in that was strapped to the and erm there was erm the , the other car seats in the front of the not strapped in I had to hurry up and put them in the back , cos I was running a bit late I was running a bit late anyway . |
| 22 | That 's when they used to come up and put it in the straight on to the station . |
| 23 | We then see the goal , hopeful chip into the box , Rush attempts to take it to one side on the half volley with Fairclough bearing down , misses it completely , flies up and hits him in the shoulder . |
| 24 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 25 | Do n't push your luck , ’ she said , her words ending in a wail as he picked her up and dumped her in the car like an unwieldy parcel . |
| 26 | I understand that he wrote to all members of the Cabinet asking them to turn up and support him in the votes after previous debates on this project . |
| 27 | She would n't acknowledge an Eternal Verity if one came up and smacked her in the chops . |
| 28 | She then sorts all the vests and folds them up and puts them in the box , then the pants , then dresses and lastly cardigans . |
| 29 | ‘ I just happened to wake up and see her in the courtyard . |