Example sentences of "up and [verb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not the most patient young lady in the world , Dolly sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed . |
| 2 | She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed . |
| 3 | More often , though , he preferred to pitch the ball up and get his wickets in less intimidating fashion . |
| 4 | ‘ You and me both , ’ Jane grumbled , standing up and smoothing her hands down the front of her creased navy and white pleated skirt . |
| 5 | Mathers stood up and checked his pockets for car keys and cigarettes . |
| 6 | Sarella reached up and offered her lips . |
| 7 | This is rather like growing up and buying your parents . |
| 8 | And he , for his part , was feeling so euphoric that instead of shouting to his son to get up and stir his stumps , he had actually gone in there and put the envelope on Adam 's bedside table . |
| 9 | ‘ Hurry up and change your trousers , Melanie . ’ |
| 10 | She could n't hide the deprecation in her voice as she straightened up and scanned her eyes scornfully round the little room . |
| 11 | It is true that in peacetime a large proportion of these ships were normally laid up and had their crews paid off : only when war was imminent or had broken out were they brought back into service . |
| 12 | Before leaving school we had knelt on the floor in a row to make sure our hem lines touched the ground , just grazed it , and then we had stood up and had our knickers checked . |
| 13 | Widower Lennie , 80 , was beaten up and had his toes sliced with a knife until he told the thugs where his wife 's jewellery was kept . |
| 14 | At once she sat up and crossed her hands in her lap . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm going to bed , ’ she said , getting up and kissing her parents . |
| 16 | SHOCKED David Salt spent £700 on a dream garden — only to see a 20ft crater open up and swallow his flowers and lawn . |
| 17 | On the day of the launch of At First Sight at London Colney , on September 20 , among many moving moments as crews meet up and shared their memories , there was a most poignant presentation . |
| 18 | THE GHOST of Charles Ives , still shouting ‘ stand up and use your ears like a man ’ , must have stalked the corridors when the opening programme of the BBC Symphony Orchestra 's season was under construction . |
| 19 | In Darcy 's Utopia people will make up and change their minds , try something new , retreat to the familiar , suffer from requited and unrequited love as much there as anywhere else : how can it be otherwise ? |
| 20 | I might jump up and clap my hands . |
| 21 | She put her hand up and eased his fingers off . |
| 22 | He looked up and let his eyes move across the rows of faces before him . |
| 23 | And I do n't want the little ones tripping up and crashing their heads on a |
| 24 | He got up and wiped his hands . |
| 25 | She stood up and clapped her hands loudly until everyone was looking up from their work . |
| 26 | Constance sat up and hugged her knees . |
| 27 | I became conscious of where I was and what I was doing so I quickly stood up and dried my eyes . |
| 28 | Then put your feet up and count your blessings ! |
| 29 | THE MAMBO KINGS Cuban brothers in rhythm Armand Assante ( hairily upbeat ) and Antonio Banderas ( moodily homesick ) do the Hispanic hustle , break up , make up and sell their souls to America . |
| 30 | ( Described by her adoring husband early in their marriage ) ‘ Her eyes seemed bigger to him , especially when she was just waking up and fluttered her lids several times in succession ; they were black when she was in shadow and dark blue in full daylight ; and they seemed to contain layer upon layer of colours , which were thicker in hue deep down , and became lighter towards the enamel-like surface . ’ |