Example sentences of "he [verb] up to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way he even controverts the view that he lived up to the feared role of private sector financial disciplinarian when he brought qualified accountants for the first time into the head office . |
| 2 | It was a great performance by the sergeant as he strolled up to The Mighty Tharg . |
| 3 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 4 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 5 | He woke up to the nauseating smell of burning skin and a roaring sound . |
| 6 | He faced up to the notorious Chelsea Boot Boys with an electrified fence but was refused permission to switch it on . |
| 7 | He walked up to the front door and pushed a button but the chimes went unanswered . |
| 8 | He went up to the two detectives and coughed delicately . |
| 9 | He went up to the next floor , where uniformed footmen and maids were dispensing coffee and cakes , biscuits and ices . |
| 10 | Odd , that , Mike thought as he went up to the third floor in the rattling old lift . |
| 11 | I guess it 's probably just that he glide up to the second part of the diphthong , has been displaced so you 've just got the first part of it left , |
| 12 | And he pointed up to the top step . |
| 13 | Quietly , unhesitatingly — just like that — he faces up to the moral consequences of his realization . |
| 14 | We told Frank that we would support him if he stood up to the little tyrant , that he would feel better if he did , citing our own experiences , mine in particular . |