Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [vb past] 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 | She looked very young and pretty as she held up the teapot and Francis Morgan hesitated , then sat down , heavily , and seized two biscuits . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Chopra felt frightened as they walked up the narrow stairway to the battlements . |