Example sentences of "he [vb past] up [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As he walked up to the house his black bitch , Polly , joined him from behind the compost heap in which she had been happily rootling the past half-hour . |
| 5 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 6 | He looked up at the house , at your mother and me in the doorway . |
| 7 | He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea . |