Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car . |
| 2 | I blame the fact that a crow chose to hover below me as I scrambled up a tricky bit of path , made more perilous by loose shifting gravel . |
| 3 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 4 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 5 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 6 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |
| 7 | KENT went run crazy yesterday as they piled up a 603 for eight — their highest total since 1934 — against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 8 | Instead was a happy medley of Luke laughing , of taking her hand as they ran up a long flight of grey stone steps towards some vague but wonderful journey 's end . |
| 9 | ‘ I talked to Edna this week , ’ he began , as they started up a steep incline to the north of the city . |
| 10 | The Geordies were seemingly cruising as they built up a 3-0 half-time lead . |
| 11 | The gunman looked around him wildly and the crowd parted as he darted up a narrow alleyway . |
| 12 | Resigning herself to the inevitable , she walked quietly alongside him as he kept up a running commentary on all they passed or saw . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , at least it was positive , ’ he said ruefully as he put up a blunt-fingered hand to touch his cheek . |
| 14 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |
| 15 | Born in Hereford in 1855 , he became known throughout his native county as he built up a detailed knowledge of the countryside of Herefordshire and the Welsh border . |
| 16 | ENGLAND 'S Neil Mosley won the World Amateur Snooker Championship in Malta yesterday , beating as he wrapped up a one-sided final 11–2 against outclassed Filipino Leonardo Andam 11–2 . |