Example sentences of "[vb past] up to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she did so , she noticed that the heath adjoining the road rose up to a small hill , on top of which stood an old and dilapidated windmill . |
| 2 | They were closed , but just beyond them he cut the engine and drew up to a short flight of steps with a small studded door at the top . |
| 3 | Caro peered up to the black sky . |
| 4 | Don Shears ( Avon ) moved up to the 55 age group where , seeded number 4 following his unbeaten run in the Dubler Cup , he reached the semi-final to give the ultimate runner-up , Gordon Davis ( USA ) a tough fight after battling through three exhausting rounds . |
| 5 | All prisoners serving a year or more will be put on licence when released and supervised up to the three-quarter point of their sentence and , for some sex offenders until the end of their sentence ; |
| 6 | It is sufficient to say that in broad definition the former term applies to the language used up to the twelfth century , and the latter that given to the language between the twelfth and the fifteenth , when Modern English started to emerge . |
| 7 | Just 20 minutes before , about 60 heavyweight Congress I supporters in three or four jeeps roared up to the unprotected station in a whirlwind of dust . |
| 8 | As they came up to the gates , Aziz sidled up to the little boy with his mop , an ingratiating smile on his face . |
| 9 | As she cycled up to the ornate porch she always thought of chivalrous knights attending maidens dressed in high , pointed hats and long sweeping gowns . |
| 10 | It was a great performance by the sergeant as he strolled up to The Mighty Tharg . |
| 11 | Even allowing for delicious exaggeration it still added up to a horrifying picture and she began to wish she had n't even tried to get into the company . |
| 12 | The weather was perfect , the room inviting and comfortable which added up to a happy atmosphere . |
| 13 | As far as he could , he would keep a record of the magician 's movements and see if they added up to a meaningful pattern . |
| 14 | For inveterate cattle-lifters it all added up to a convenient no-man's-land across which to launch thieving raids . |
| 15 | It added up to an emphatic win by 137 runs , in the first of the tourists ' warm-up matches before Sunday 's opening Nehru Cup match against Sri Lanka . |
| 16 | On Easter Monday 1972 , I woke up to a new view of the world . |
| 17 | On Wednesday David Howell , the Energy Secretary , was forced to withdraw the threat of pit closures and on Thursday we woke up to a dreadful press accusing us of ignominious surrender . |
| 18 | He woke up to the nauseating smell of burning skin and a roaring sound . |
| 19 | But when parliament woke up to the electronic age and first allowed its proceedings to be broadcast in 1978 , nobody was sure whether those broadcasts were also privileged . |
| 20 | As they drove up to the main door Louise tried not to be emotional . |
| 21 | Only one out of 208 pints served in 104 pubs , clubs and restaurants in Birmingham came up to a full measure , trading standards officers disclosed . |
| 22 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 23 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 24 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 25 | I thought about running along beside him as we came up to the main road opposite the church , about his taking my hand and singing , ‘ Hold my hand — I 'm a stranger in paradise ! ’ |
| 26 | A civilian came up to the mousy man and asked him a question . |
| 27 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
| 28 | They climbed up to the small tower that was perched on top of the terminal building . |
| 29 | They climbed up to the top floor and stood around in the corridor while Sally went in to fetch him out . |
| 30 | The inclusion of Butler ( Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons ) was typical : omitted from the original membership he simply turned up to the first meeting , according to Hugh Thomas , ‘ and of course was allowed to stay … . ’ |