Example sentences of "up [num ord] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was walking past the marsh one , one night , when I was on my way back from school I heard a rus rustling noise behind a bu bush , when I went up the , went up first to the bush a big dragon-like thing jumped out from behind the bush , it gave me such a fright I nearly fainted . |
| 2 | feeling complete , replete , like a cat sleeping in the sun has all four paws buried under its furred belly , sun too hot to move , tail wrapped over its sleeping nose , I went back to our bed to curl up next to where you had been . |
| 3 | Cities naturally grew up next to the tracks and railway land thus became Canada 's prime real estate . |
| 4 | But when we talked about ‘ The House ’ — that was what we called it , there was never a name — we could imagine that just at the top of the stairs would be the Great Kitchen with its rows of gleaming copper pans hung up next to pheasants and hams and bunches of strange herbs — and through the kitchen window we 'd be able to see the long lawns of the garden where stone lions crouched with their heads between their paws and real peacocks screeched up at peacock shapes clipped out of hedges … |
| 5 | If , when on a first ever run , the new runner , aged eight , finds himself or herself lined up next to another runner wearing a County vest the beginner begins to realise anything is possible . |
| 6 | Heritage Centres compete with Visitor Centres , while Gift Centres crop up next to Heather Centres . |
| 7 | A fleet of Concordes , lined up next to the supersonic jet , were driven away by journalists . |
| 8 | Sheridan Lorrimore was telling a long-suffering good-natured couple all about his prowess at ice hockey and Xanthe , pouting and put out at having been temporarily deserted by Mrs Young , had ended up next to Giles-the-murderer whose real-life preference , I 'd gathered , was for boys . |
| 9 | One man was so overcome by the gig he jumped up next to the band and harassed the crowd into giving them a standing ovation . |
| 10 | When you weigh it up , would any amount of perks make up for the fact that joining this particular firm involves waking up next to the Prince of Wales or the Duke of York ? |
| 11 | Being born and brought up next to a butcher 's shop in a Somerset town in the closing years of the 18th century may not have been the healthiest start in life for a child , but those who saw out the dangerous first two or three years seemed to have stood a good chance of survival thereafter . |
| 12 | Mildred lined up next to her two friends , Maud and Enid . |
| 13 | OVER DINNER DMITRY AND KIER muse about growing up next to parks . |
| 14 | A cowboy sauntered over to the bar , and sidled up next to them . |
| 15 | ‘ After Dirty Harry I used to have guys pull up next to me and say : ‘ Hey ! |
| 16 | I bought some pictures by avant-garde artists , took them home and hung them up next to some Dutch paintings . |
| 17 | The draft , which has the approval of the BMC , makes ten points and is likely to be adopted as the official policy of the UIAA , so cut them out and stick them up next to the picture of Catherine Destivelle/Stefan Glowacz in your indoor gym . |
| 18 | We managed to persuade them to come and sit with us and she ended up next to me . |
| 19 | He drew up next to it by a red traffic light . |
| 20 | ‘ Well I stand up next to a mountain and I chop it down with the edge of my hand . ’ |
| 21 | Mala was looking at them in a distant and superior way when I sidled up next to her . |
| 22 | Cati went in to Rosa , who lay gripping the down coverlet , to cram it into her face and muffle her sobs ; she climbed up next to her , and stroked her head , and tried to cradle her with a thin arm across her shaking shoulders and felt herself going dry in her throat and choked up too ; Rosa twisted , her red face glowered up at Cati . |
| 23 | A warrior 's uniform hung up next to the standards . |
| 24 | ‘ Well I stand up next to a mountain and I chop it down with the edge of my hand . ’ |
| 25 | On 18 December 1689 the anniversary of William 's first entrance into London was cele-brated with a huge procession through the City , as crowds carried effigies of James 's chief ministers through the streets to Temple Bar , where they ritualistically hanged them at a " triple galloes " set up next to a great bonfire . |
| 26 | The house going up next to the launderette |
| 27 | and he pulled up next to me and he said wound his window down he said ah chicken ! |