Example sentences of "sat up and [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat up and rubbed her eyes , colouring furiously as she realised she had been using Roman 's shoulder for a head-rest . |
| 2 | Scathach stirred , sat up and rubbed his eyes , blinking at the dawn , scratching his beard . |
| 3 | She sat up and tugged her shirt over the hopeless tangle of her hair . |
| 4 | Not the most patient young lady in the world , Dolly sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed . |
| 5 | She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed . |
| 6 | What seemed a daunting quantity of hard male muscle clenched into action as he sat up and swung his long legs to the ground . |
| 7 | At once she sat up and crossed her hands in her lap . |
| 8 | Constance sat up and hugged her knees . |
| 9 | The knitter pushed her shoulder and she sat up and opened her eyes . |
| 10 | For four days he seemed barely alive , but on the fifth he sat up and opened his eyes , ‘ seeing a vast procession with people singing and making all kinds of commotion ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Did I say that ? ’ he said , and sat up and combed his hair . |
| 12 | Don sat up and sipped his coffee . |
| 13 | She sat up and put her hand to her mouth : the gesture of someone gobbling peanuts . |
| 14 | Suddenly she sat up and put her podgy arms around the shoulders of both girls . |
| 15 | She sat up and wrapped her arms round her knees , her hair falling round her like a cloak . |