Example sentences of "[vb past] up to a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ A few weeks ago , someone came up to a tagger with the KWS tagging crew , ’ Boyle said . |
| 2 | Ruth asked as they strolled through the formal gardens towards a flight of stone steps that led up to a forest of dense green pine trees offering shade and coolness . |
| 3 | The heat also produced up to a kilogram of lethal dioxin , some of which still contaminates the surrounding area . |
| 4 | He and David Hemmings got on very well and got up to a lot of mischievous things . |
| 5 | If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way . |
| 6 | Jack calmly walked up to a stranger on a bench and asked : ‘ Can I borrow a fag ? ’ |
| 7 | She once summed up to a gathering of marketing specialists the extent of her success , which earned The Body Shop the award of business of the year in 1987 : |