Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stray , dingy orange kitten came yowling up to the back door one night . |
| 2 | The highwayman came riding up to the old inn door . |
| 3 | But Professor Avenarius was late , and I kept watching the woman ; she was alone at the pool , standing waist-deep in the water , and she kept looking up at the young lifeguard in sweatpants who was teaching her to swim . |
| 4 | I kept looking up at the Royal Box and thinking , ‘ Stevie Foster would have stood there . ’ ’ |
| 5 | Blue magnesium flares went spiralling up into the chilly night . |
| 6 | Joseph said glancing up at the serious young man . |
| 7 | By now they were in the square , and stood gazing up at the gilded splendour of the cathedral 's spire and turrets , bright in the low November sun . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |