Example sentences of "up [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then up got John Smith to unveil the Labour leadership 's new tactic . |
| 2 | Under the deal , Pyramid may even end up reselling SNI 's low-end RM400 box . |
| 3 | But the door opened and she looked up to see Jim . |
| 4 | They all looked up to see Simon Swan standing over them . |
| 5 | Another fortnight 's quiet made us coax my parents to come up to see Barrie 's ‘ What every woman knows ’ with Barbara Mullen . |
| 6 | Carole , who had fallen to the floor and was attempting to massage her husband 's knee , looked up to see Kenneth Baker himself in a camel-hair dressing gown , flanked by two men with guns . |
| 7 | Her thoughts still whirling , Shae looked up to see Marianne standing by the table , her green eyes calculating and faintly malicious as she glanced from Shannon to Gavin . |
| 8 | Suddenly she was aware of her cardigan being draped around her shoulders and slowly she looked up to see Nathan standing beside her . |
| 9 | After the usual formalities , and the realisation that ‘ You 're British are n't you ? ’ the officer 's colleague was called up to see AutoRoute do its mapping marvels . |
| 10 | After he 'd had another cup of coffee , he went up to see Perdita . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure you 're right , ’ she laughed , then glanced up to see Rob approaching with a tall , elegant blonde woman . |
| 12 | I just popped up to see Sergeant Joe , did n't I ? |
| 13 | Not long after they arrived home from school , Linda and Ella went up to see Sergeant Joe . |
| 14 | He looked up to see El-Jorr standing in the doorway , looking at the wire that connected the receiver to the tape recorder on his desk . |
| 15 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 16 | ‘ Ay , ’ rejoined Mrs Beattie , realising she had lost the first round , ‘ I was just on my wey up to see Thomasina . ’ |
| 17 | Dr Losberne gave orders that plenty of beer should be served before the officers went up to see Oliver . |
| 18 | Hearing the tramp of marching feet , he looked up to see Captain Warre riding at the head of his company . |
| 19 | Suddenly there was a commotion in the sky and everyone looked up to see Ethel and Griselda swooping down on their brooms , waving and shouting . |
| 20 | The mestizo looked up to see Trent watching him . |
| 21 | It was wretched luck that the weather that day was so awful that only 1000+ turned up to see Simpson well played by Bernard Joy and Palace win by 3–2 . |
| 22 | She was about to kick it aside , but luckily glanced up to see Luch 's watchful eye on her . |
| 23 | She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down , but the laughter died in her throat as she looked up to see Adam standing a few feet away , his eyes hard as jet . |
| 24 | With a faintly fatalistic feeling , Rory glanced up to see Adam approaching the bar . |
| 25 | Tucking it into one of the saddlebags , he looked up to see Mariana with one Greener slung over her shoulders . |
| 26 | As Damian spoke to them now , Katya and Lydia both glanced up to see Rachel standing alone on the dance area in her white bridal gown , watching Damian with intense passion in her green eyes . |
| 27 | She replaced the phone on its rest and looked up to see Myra gazing at her , a concerned look on her face . |
| 28 | Ronni glanced up to see Guido standing there watching her . |
| 29 | Roll up , roll up to see Charles with a roll-up ! |
| 30 | She glanced up to see Luke 's gaze fixed upon her , warmly approving . |