Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trees and undergrowth came almost up to the house . |
| 2 | Every detail was picked out by the floodlights mounted high up on the walls behind protective grilles . |
| 3 | as if at a prearranged signal a chant began high up in the gallery : ‘ Fascism means Murder ! |
| 4 | ’ He seemed to sigh , and his eyes went starkly up to the spear-point . |
| 5 | Lever looked back up at the screen , watching the young T'ang step down into the darkness . |
| 6 | The Deeside buttoned right up to the neck and was finished with a neat ‘ ghillie ’ collar . |
| 7 | Below them both a paved terrace ran right up to the wall . |
| 8 | Regan gazed abstractedly up at the ceiling , puffing away at his cigar . |
| 9 | Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to . |
| 10 | The lane from Bishopstow village came right up to the drive gates and ended there between stone gateposts crowned with lichened pineapples . |
| 11 | Benny walked slowly up towards the high seats at the back where she thought she might be more inconspicuous . |
| 12 | One day in May I remember , the sun shone , the wind dropped and larks flew straight up from the fields , singing with astonishment when they felt the warmth in the air . |
| 13 | The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return . |
| 14 | The second wild cat ran back up into the mountains . |
| 15 | the bump came right up through the table legs |
| 16 | The normal business life of the town continued right up to the last moment and in some houses food was laid out for meals that were never eaten . |
| 17 | The Eight Extraordinary Dancers lived there up to the ears as usual with their own brand of juvenile mischief , watching the matron getting undressed by looking over her partition or stitching up her nightdress . |
| 18 | Wang Sau-leyan turned , indicating the ancient , rusted sign bolted high up on the trunk of a nearby juniper . |
| 19 | Centuries before , according to Uncle Vernon , the water came right up into the town , and in rough weather people had to be carried ashore . |
| 20 | And er but of course the whole force of the explosion went right up in the light room . |
| 21 | It offered no defence ; and defence was needed , for on the opposite side of the yard a wall ran right up to the house and although it was lower than the roof an agile man might easily scramble from it up on to the roof itself . |
| 22 | Thin blue smoke poured straight up from the freshly mortared chimney of the McCullochs ' house in Weem . |
| 23 | Angel Four grunted once in agony as the cruel steel sliced straight up into the pulsing muscle of his heart . |
| 24 | Jack walked back up to the landing and put his arm around his daughter . |
| 25 | The student looked begrudgingly up from the instruments and out toward the wingtips . |
| 26 | Although parachutes were not used again by the SAS in North Africa , training in their use continued right up to the end of the campaign . |
| 27 | Nevertheless Rosa produced a wooden box which was just the size , and Sarah went back up to the room that had been her home since childhood . |
| 28 | There was nobody in the passage , so Raoul went quickly up to the door of the dressing-room , opened it and went in . |
| 29 | The Olympic 800 metres finalist moved back up to the 1500 metres where he first made his name as a junior and led from gun to tape to win in 3 mins 39.58 secs . |
| 30 | Before the construction of the Promenade here , in 1903 , the sands came right up to the tram track , as seen in this view of a Dreadnought approaching the terminus . |