Example sentences of "he [verb] up to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had behaved disgracefully on Thursday and I was going to make him face up to the fact on Friday . |
| 2 | I saw him go up to the house- ’ |
| 3 | You say you saw him go up to the house and take something ? |
| 4 | Leeds have agreed to pay Wigan £5,000 for every five first-team games he plays up to a maximum of £25,000 . |
| 5 | He goes up to a kiosk in Wenceslas Square and asks for a copy of Rude Pravo ( Red Truth ) , the Party newspaper . |
| 6 | He watches his expression carefully as he goes up to a beggar and puts a coin in his tin . |
| 7 | He goes up to the , he goes up to the bartender , he says excuse me , why is there a bear sitting over there ? |
| 8 | He 'd warn Lee when he got up to the wood . |
| 9 | He moved up to a slave . |
| 10 | He moved up to the bar but the darts club chairman intercepted him . |
| 11 | He moved up to the counter with the air of a man who does n't like having to go through a routine once again but is prepared to do so , all right then here 's my card if you insist ! |
| 12 | He squared up to the putt once . |
| 13 | The male sits on a favoured perch and when this is visited by a rival he sidles up to the intruder . |
| 14 | He wandered up to the logging camp on his eighteenth birthday and enthusiastically asked for a job . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
| 16 | He came up to the Hilder at the point where the aqueduct pillars crossed it . |
| 17 | What a strange wedding-gift he had given her too , when he came up to the manor the other afternoon , making her feel like a tenant in her own home ; which , of course , had once been his . |
| 18 | ‘ Apparently his boat came in sooner than expected and docked at Shields , and he came up to the house hoping to see my sister , and he did . |
| 19 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 20 | ‘ So he came up to the farm , and they had a job for my horse , which he was very interested in . |
| 21 | Accordingly , as he leads up to the day of Pentecost , Luke is at greatest pains to maintain that the Spirit , who equipped Jesus for his mission , equips the disciples to carry it on . |
| 22 | He wheels the kind of u-turn he 's been longing to do since he saw it on Hill Street Blues and he roars up to the entrance . |
| 23 | He slouches up to the table . |
| 24 | He climbed up to the catwalk and examined the roof , then strolled around surveying the empty space and making knowledgeable noises . |
| 25 | He could also be more bluntly manipulative : on one occasion he walked up to a sailor , with his girlfriend at the bar , saying , as he gave him £20 , ‘ When you 've finished with her , come and see Auntie Minton , she 's got plenty more . ’ |
| 26 | He sang that old sea song as he walked up to the inn door : |
| 27 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 28 | He walked up to the green and found a spot to land on . |
| 29 | And then the Sergeant nudged Devlin and he walked up to the desk where Cardiff was sitting . |
| 30 | The day was overcast and it was becoming difficult to see what he was typing , so , about noon , when imagination began to fail him , he walked up to the house to inquire from Dorothy whether Isobel would mind if he had better lighting installed in the garage , provided he paid far it . |