Example sentences of "i [vb past] up to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was quite stunned , because in the beginning I was struggling with it — all those regions around top A — and in the end , in Resurrection , I got up to a D above that , without going into falsetto , which was quite a little crusade for me . |
2 | I fled up to the tree-house for my knitting but a branch gave way as I grabbed it and I was pitched into the river . |
3 | ‘ I keep wondering what he 'd do if I wandered up to the edge of the pit and leaned over and yelled , ‘ Oi , you down there . |
4 | I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church . |
5 | That 's when I woke up to the fact that there was something very wrong with the relationship , and very wrong with my life … ’ |
6 | The morning I was due to leave — the day Chernenko died — I woke up to the sound of Russian troops singing marching songs from the nearby barracks . |
7 | It was nearly dark when I woke up to the sound of Marcus calling me . |
8 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
9 | I trudged up to the camp-site again , to find that there was no need even to look for driftwood for a fire . |
10 | So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm . |
11 | I climbed up to the gateway of the bridge and hid in a dark corner . |
12 | Leaping off the bed I hurtled up to the rod which by now was screaming off and picking it up I felt the line pluck nicely through my fingers ; knowing that it must be a cat on the other end gave me a real thrill . |
13 | Suddenly the alarm bell sounded and hastily dressing I rushed up to the bridge . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | I walked up to the bar , passing several people I had never seen before who were obviously volunteers . |
16 | Ye , yesterday afternoon , as a matter of fact , I walked up to the gate and I come back and I just walked across the lawn and I I felt the sun . |
17 | I believe I gave Joe a bit of a shock when I walked up to the table and played a few shots with him . |
18 | I muttered thanks and as she disappeared to the kitchen I stepped up to the sitting room door , knocked rather timidly and entered . |
19 | Oh Brian annoyed me on my lesson I pulled up to the Kingsway right ? |
20 | I , I worked up to the end of May and because of accrued leave I er I left then . |
21 | And I looked up to the air and saw the air in amazement . |
22 | I looked up to the skies for no reason I can now remember , probably a spot of rain or a ray of sunshine . |
23 | Then , in my mind , I reached up to the heavens , held out my hands , grasped the ball and brought it down . |
24 | He said I went up to the pub he says , here 's this bloody mate of mine playing piano , he says he 's got all my gear on ! |
25 | My wife and I went up to the pay booth . |
26 | I went up to the door , meaning to look in on her before going , but there seemed to be an argument going on and I decided not to interrupt . ’ |
27 | which was quicker , took her down to the mission , she stayed in the car till I went up to the mission to get our money signed for our money and come out and er |
28 | So I went up to the bar , back to the party , and still could n't find her . ’ |
29 | During the interval , while one of the barmen was taking a mop and bucket to the front of the stage where everybody had been spitting , I went up to the bar to get some more drinks . |
30 | I went up to the union and reported it and asked them to do something about it . |