Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up to the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Lorryloads of blooms rolled up to the Bel Air mansion where Liz , 60 , lay in bed , surrounded by her doctors .
2 In the months leading up to the Prague autumn , The Slavia played elegant host to a more accurate cross-section of Czech society — punks , housewives , artists , students , writers , weary shoppers — than probably existed anywhere in the country until the rallies in Wenceslas Square .
3 Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance .
4 While much of the attention during the weeks leading up to the Ryder Cup was pointed at the race to clinch places and the relative form of the players involved , one man , unconcerned with the battle of The Belfry , was playing better golf than anyone .
5 Finally , in the years leading up to the Manila Congress 89 , WACC 's Forum programme was absorbed by a host of preparatory meetings in the regions and by the preparations for the Congress itself .
6 Violent incidents involving local inhabitants and US troops were reported outside the US Albrook Air Force Station in the days leading up to the Bush visit , and on June 10 one US soldier was shot dead and another wounded while driving an army vehicle near the Caribbean coastal city of Colón .
7 The Junkers tolerated the troublesome middle classes only because they guaranteed the Junkers their place in German society ; the middle classes looked up to the Junker traditional leadership , and regarded them as the German image of itself .
8 On the east side of the village , however , only those slopes leading up to the Bois d'Avize are comparable .
9 The village is surrounded by vines , but it is those behind Sacy on steeply climbing , northeast-facing slopes leading up to the Bois de la Fosse which are the most favourably located .
10 I chose my family , and just waited for the big boys to come up to the Birkdale area .
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