Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evening sky was darkening as I made my way up to Claro . |
| 2 | When Hilary cast her eyes up in supplication , he laughed . |
| 3 | Marc jerked his head up in surprise , all ready to do battle again . |
| 4 | Pete , who honed his career up at Hope Street in productions like John McGrath 's The Bofers Gun , now finds himself in the thick of more flak in the new movie , The Last of the Mohicans , which opened last night . |
| 5 | Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed . |
| 6 | Kissing all the boys , she made her way up to bed , taking her tea with her . |
| 7 | Collecting up her leaflets , she made her way up to bed , and gave in to the little grin that had been trying to break out a few minutes before . |
| 8 | When that evening she made her way up to Helen 's flat , she found that Edward was there . |
| 9 | After Sir John had pronounced himself refreshed they made their way up to Thames Street to the Kirtle tavern which stood on the edge of Smithfield , just under the forbidding walls of Newgate Prison . |
| 10 | They encountered fierce resistance as they fought their way up to Austria for two years . |
| 11 | Meredith tried her tea and wrinkled her nose up in distaste . |
| 12 | ‘ There you are ! ’ she said , and the cat lifted its tail up with pleasure and rubbed its head against the branch . |
| 13 | I 've got to phone , I booked our mum up to dinner , she 's coming up . |
| 14 | A head collar was eventually put on her in the chute , and when she threw her head up in anxiety a roustabout hit her on the face with a lump of wood ‘ for being so stupid ! ’ |
| 15 | Sophie threw her hands up in despair . |
| 16 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |
| 17 | Mike threw his hands up in defeat . |
| 18 | We set out from Spean Bridge , where numerous coach parties enjoy real Highland hospitality in the Little Chef , before choosing from a rich selection of tartan travel rugs and heather-perfumed candles in the gift shop , and chugged our way up past Corriechoille farm . |
| 19 | As this summer , even hotter and drier than the last , worked its way up to August , Robert found he had developed a rich repertoire of twitches and guilty tics . |
| 20 | He started as a part-time sales assistant , and in the space of just nine years worked his way up through store management to area and regional management and finally to his present position . |
| 21 | Had he gone down to the bottom of the hill and worked his way up to Belvedere Road from the south-east ? |
| 22 | His story is well known : the Cockney self-starter who worked his way up in advertising from messenger boy at 16 to account executive at 20 , when he married his school sweetheart . |
| 23 | He worked his way up from kitchen porter , assistant cook , employment at a casino and by painting and decorating . |
| 24 | Mr Gojkovic , who was then 23 , worked his way up from kitchen porter , assistant cook , casino worker , and painter and decorator . |
| 25 | Thiercelin shrugged and pulled his collar up in turn . |
| 26 | ‘ I brought my May up on cornflakes , ’ said Jan warningly . |
| 27 | After a further few days I brought my suitcases up from London . |
| 28 | In 1715 , in return for writing off two years of annuity payments worth something over £1 million , the government permitted it a fresh share issue which brought its capital up to £10 million , about half of the entire joint-stock capital in the country . |
| 29 | Passengers brought their luggage up on deck . |
| 30 | Sheldukher rolled his eyes up to heaven . |