Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can talk about it freely now & we have all picked ourselves up & dusted ourselves down … says that she is a stronger person ( maybe even ‘ harder ’ ) … & she is a very efficient business person & lives & works in Glasgow . |
| 2 | In the event eight did , but , everybody who could n't come phoned up or got somebody to phone |
| 3 | By November 1984 the Prime Minister reported that 700 bodies had either been wound up or had their expenditure reduced , giving a total saving of 118m per year ( see Hood , 1988 , p. 89 for further elaboration on alleged reductions ) . |
| 4 | A catalyst facilitates a chemical process without being used up or changed itself . |
| 5 | Did you walk up or did somebody take you up ? |
| 6 | They do n't want to be praised and stroked for every little thing , but they do want their work to be noticed and acknowledged every so often — and not just when they screwed something up or forgot it . |
| 7 | A popular legend grew up that quoted him as saying he would run over his own grandmother for the president . |
| 8 | It was Hallowe'en coming up that gave her the idea they 'd had lessons at school about ghosts , witches and Hallowe'en . |
| 9 | Not the most patient young lady in the world , Dolly sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed . |
| 10 | She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed . |
| 11 | She got up and swung him around . |
| 12 | What seemed a daunting quantity of hard male muscle clenched into action as he sat up and swung his long legs to the ground . |
| 13 | Carrie got up and kissed her father before she left the ward , followed by her husband who was talking to Nellie . |
| 14 | Ellie leaned up and kissed her brother on the cheek , then she put both hands on his biceps . |
| 15 | He jumped up and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 16 | I got up and kissed her on the way up and went to meet the boys . |
| 17 | She stood up and kissed him lightly on the lips . |
| 18 | And the first time she met Luke she stepped up and kissed him passionately on the lips . |
| 19 | She came up and kissed him . |
| 20 | Katherine beamed , leapt up and kissed him . |
| 21 | I picked him up and kissed him until the screaming changed to crying . |
| 22 | She reached up and kissed him softly on the mouth . |
| 23 | She reached up and kissed him . |
| 24 | He stood up and kissed his forehead . |
| 25 | Alexandra reached up and kissed his cheek . |
| 26 | Then he stood up and kissed his brother 's hand . |
| 27 | By the time the complex details of the preventative works had been finally drawn up and agreed we were again running out of time . |
| 28 | Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy . |
| 29 | As he stopped at the gate of the field , Bathsheba looked up and noticed him . |
| 30 | The skinhead looked up and noticed his new adversary coming to the rescue of the hapless businessman , who was feebly cringing on the ground . |