Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well with this stuff , they could n't do that and then they they they their stomach used to get compacted the they they they could n't er could n't er get their cud up and caused a lot of stomach trouble . |
| 2 | Edouard thought of Isobel 's family , of her grandfathers , uncles , cousins , who had propped up and maintained an empire , who had fought , and ruled , in India , in Africa . |
| 3 | Before she knew it Rosa had stood up and deposited the soft warm bundle in Ruth 's arms . |
| 4 | Just like the other doctors , it has scrubbed up and donned a protective gown before starting work in Sacramento , California . |
| 5 | Yeah , twenty five says when once the householder has got up and locked the door and you start to stand outside and knock at the door saying sir open to us , but in answer he will say to you , I do not know where you are from , then you will start saying we ate and drank in front of you and we 've taught in our broad ways , but he will speak and say to you , I do not know where you are from , get away from me you are workers of unrighteousness |
| 6 | He was up and dressed every day , and spent each evening in the corner of the public bar with a pint pot in front of him , keeping a benevolent eye on the satisfied customers . |
| 7 | By the time she 'd sat up and pushed the dishevelled hair out of her eyes he was behind the wheel , and the car was moving forward . |
| 8 | Following the 1987 general election , Margaret Thatcher set up and headed a small committee to examine the health service . |
| 9 | Best bought in by the load , it becomes expensive when stacked , composted , mixed with a little poultry , bagged up and given a fancy proprietary name . |
| 10 | All fatalities associated with this species have occurred when swimmers or divers have casually picked up and handled the octopus . |
| 11 | in this place who have got up and done a day 's work before they 've come here ! |
| 12 | And true enough , after an afternoon weaving a poem back on to the frayed ends of a loom of broken rhymes , I had leapt up and punched the air with determination . |
| 13 | One large hand came up and cupped a breast , the thumb grazing one nipple as his head dipped and he drew the other into his mouth , suckling deeply . |
| 14 | Subsequently , the MBC has made available a number of new premises for rent to processors and has generally tidied up and improved the area using Industrial Improvement Area procedures . |
| 15 | What 's he got oh he 's got the box , he 's climbed up and got the box with me |
| 16 | First , because it is evident that many of the problems which the Authority identified in 1985 when it established PNP were centred as much on professional attitudes as professional expertise — attitudes to children , to curriculum , to teaching methods , to parents , to ethnic minority groups , to gender issues — and indeed we have picked up and reported the resilience of many of the attitudes which the Authority sought to change . |
| 17 | It ca n't have been the script , which tried unconvincingly to suggest multiple reconciliation under the spell of the Castello Brown ( the castle 's real-life name , believe me or not ) and then petered out , as if the adaptor had given up and left the cast to improvise . |
| 18 | Ace had sat up and discarded the ice-pack so that he could face her . |
| 19 | At some point he must have got up and opened the window . |
| 20 | A taxi driver has been hijacked , beaten up and driven a hundred miles to London , where he was robbed of just twelve pounds . |
| 21 | The moon had come up and laid a greenish iridescence on the surface of the lake . |
| 22 | ‘ I have tidied up and laid the fire for evening , madame . |
| 23 | That is why some people adore eating spiders and grubs , whilst others would throw up if fed a pork chop . |