Example sentences of "he [verb] up to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds have agreed to pay Wigan £5,000 for every five first-team games he plays up to a maximum of £25,000 . |
| 2 | He goes up to a kiosk in Wenceslas Square and asks for a copy of Rude Pravo ( Red Truth ) , the Party newspaper . |
| 3 | He watches his expression carefully as he goes up to a beggar and puts a coin in his tin . |
| 4 | He moved up to a slave . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | He went up to a taxi driver , the appellant , and showed him a piece of paper on which an address in Ladbroke Grove was written . |