Example sentences of "up and take [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( She did not stay long ; an uncle of hers turned up and took her to live with him in Manchester . ) |
| 2 | The Doctor jumped up and took her by the hand . |
| 3 | No spare parts were available but a small bus-load of Indian servants from our diocesan girls ’ school in Rangoon picked me up and took me on with them . |
| 4 | A lift pulled up and took me away . |
| 5 | Suddenly the official got up and took me to the lift . |
| 6 | A waitress picked him up and took him round the restaurant . |
| 7 | When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement . |
| 8 | Is that , I thought that the card and Serve take it out for the doctors a few weeks back when he got your bronchitis and you were n't too well and erm , car picked him up and took him up there , then you get |
| 9 | sleep while he was like that so I picked him up and took him back downstairs again , |
| 10 | Fred reached up and took her hand from his shoulder , squeezing it gently in his . |
| 11 | Ignoring everyone else , he walked up and took her hands in his , saying simply : ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 12 | She stood up and took her empty plate into the galley . |
| 13 | The veneered desk where they sat was suddenly drenched in light as the languid television crews jumped up and took their positions , communicating with each other by harsh whispers or frantic sign language . |
| 14 | Today , only the altar candlesticks had been forgotten ( it was Elaine Dodswell and Trish Pardoe 's week and they could at least be relied upon ) so Anna gathered them up and took them home to polish . |
| 15 | JoJo stood up and took them out to the kitchen . |
| 16 | But they took what few they 'd got left on our regiment to Ireland so nobody else 'd desert , while they rounded the others up and took them to Ireland you see . |
| 17 | So he we came along dug the tomato plants up and took them home ? |
| 18 | He stood up and took his stole from the shelf where he always kept it . |
| 19 | He stood up and took his coat from the chair over which it had been casually thrown . |
| 20 | Mungo reached up and took it down , sending more marbles cannoning across the floor as he moved a foot . |
| 21 | Artemis reached up and took it down off the shelf . |
| 22 | Mr Brown then put a piece of cheese between his lips and the blackbird flew up and took it . |
| 23 | The steak was ready and Matthew dished it up and took it to the dining table . |
| 24 | Bunny straightened up and took my wallet out of his back pocket . |
| 25 | I got up and took you up town . |
| 26 | They are potentially very dangerous and what we are worried about is members of the public picking them up and taking them home as souvenirs . ’ |
| 27 | Erm Rob and Polly 's mum 's picking Simon up and taking him home and erm , Annette 's picking up most nights Gary 's gon na be home just after four so it 's actually someone to take them home . |
| 28 | They were n't used to doing this kind of thing — they were n't used to rock and roll or putting something up and taking it down every day , so really it was a white elephant from the beginning . |
| 29 | Yeah , this guy comes home from work and his wife 's got the chair and she 's picking it up and taking it around like this |
| 30 | Cos them Lockets you pick them up and take one out the packet and all the paper 's all they 're not stuck to them . |