Example sentences of "he [vb past] up to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd warn Lee when he got up to the wood . |
| 2 | He moved up to the bar but the darts club chairman intercepted him . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | He squared up to the putt once . |
| 5 | He wandered up to the logging camp on his eighteenth birthday and enthusiastically asked for a job . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | He came up to the Hilder at the point where the aqueduct pillars crossed it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 11 | ‘ So he came up to the farm , and they had a job for my horse , which he was very interested in . |
| 12 | All the images that had been in Patrick 's mind while he drove up to the Barbican the previous morning formed again in his imagination . |
| 13 | He climbed up to the catwalk and examined the roof , then strolled around surveying the empty space and making knowledgeable noises . |
| 14 | He sang that old sea song as he walked up to the inn door : |
| 15 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 16 | He walked up to the green and found a spot to land on . |
| 17 | And then the Sergeant nudged Devlin and he walked up to the desk where Cardiff was sitting . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Once when dancing with Minton at the Gargoyle and hearing some Guards officers making snide remarks he walked up to the table , laden with food and champagne , where they were sitting with their ladies and overturned the lot , and was barred from the club for about two weeks . |
| 21 | He walked up to the table , smiled , pulled out a chair and sat down . |
| 22 | With two matches remaining , any of East Anglia 's three leading counties could have taken the trophy , but Clark 's nerve held out as he stepped up to the mat with his last wood . |
| 23 | Fighting for breath he called up to the driver , ‘ I ca n't find anything amiss , ’ and then walked towards his workmates who were standing talking . |
| 24 | ‘ Cast off , ’ he called up to the Baglietto 's crewman . |
| 25 | ‘ Stop the coach , Goodison , ’ he called up to the coachman . |
| 26 | ‘ So you and he went up to the villa ? |
| 27 | I had it in big letters — ‘ Father ’ Arrien ( the father in inverted commas ! ) will preach on the blasphemy of the Roman Mass on such and such an evening — and the priest of the town , he went up to the council and objected to this and said that Wylie 's a trouble maker . |
| 28 | While he went up to the bar to order , Ellie settled back in her seat , and , with a rather sad light in her eyes , watched him . |
| 29 | Remember when he went up to the aeroplane , Jim only hate to haul him away and slap him once and he learned , he did n't go near an aeroplane any more |
| 30 | He went up to the driver of the van and asked him his business . |