Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moran looked stern and self-conscious as he drove up the short avenue . |
| 2 | By the look of him , however , his chief had not perhaps shared a similarly successful period of recuperation , for he sounded tetchy as he picked up the brief note Lewis had left him . |
| 3 | Though a good performance on the Gloucestershire track at any other time of the year counts for something , it 's nothing to get carried away over , while the top performers through the winter months elsewhere are often made to look ordinary as they toil up the Prestbury Park hill . |
| 4 | She looked very young and pretty as she held up the teapot and Francis Morgan hesitated , then sat down , heavily , and seized two biscuits . |
| 5 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 6 | I believe it works marvellously , as long as you keep up the hormones . ’ |
| 7 | He knew that the archer would have to load and winch his bow , so he rose and ran with all his force , clearing the trees , almost breathless as he stumbled up the muddy causeway leading to the main abbey gate . |
| 8 | Chopra felt frightened as they walked up the narrow stairway to the battlements . |