Example sentences of "as he [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the East German state is the realisation of the dreams of a young roofer as he grew up among the filth of the coal mines and steel mills of the Saarland in the Thirties . |
| 2 | Odd , that , Mike thought as he went up to the third floor in the rattling old lift . |
| 3 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was a great performance by the sergeant as he strolled up to The Mighty Tharg . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In the bronze medal fight against Axel Lobenstein , of East Germany , White appeared to start with more aggressive determination , but his attacks were way off target and he was thrown for a yuko ( five points ) as he got up off the ground . |
| 10 | ‘ All right , then , ’ said his Dad , putting his hand on Philip 's shoulder as he got up from the table . |
| 11 | Detective Inspector Frank Gregson tapped agitatedly on the steering wheel as he looked up at the red light , waiting for it to change . |
| 12 | A smell of new shoes from another workshop wafted around him as he looked up at the old , stopped clock jutting out , two-faced , over the pavement from the first floor of the workshop , hands frozen at twenty-past-two ( he glanced at his watch ; it was actually 3:49 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Man wounded , ’ said Charlie in a loud whisper as he looked up towards the trenches . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know what , ’ replied Mr. Gordon , looking grave as he stared up at the circling plane . |
| 15 | He sang that old sea song as he walked up to the inn door : |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And finally , thought Ian as he walked up through the Cathedral stairs from the crypt office , what does the Bishop want two of after Evensong and why did he put the phone down on me when he failed to get the odious Williams ? |
| 18 | As he walked up beside the 17th Patrick met O'Grady trudging disconsolately back to the tee to play a second ball . |
| 19 | I stole a look at Conchis as he gazed up at the picture ; he had , by no other logic than that of cultural snobbery , gained a whole new dimension of respectability for me , and I began to feel much less sure of his eccentricity and his phoniness , of my own superiority in the matter of what life was really about . |
| 20 | Watching as he grinned up at the bus driver , said something and laughed , she felt a hollow ache inside . |
| 21 | However , second seed Stefan Edberg can afford a smile as he looks up from the bottom of the draw . |
| 22 | Accordingly , as he leads up to the day of Pentecost , Luke is at greatest pains to maintain that the Spirit , who equipped Jesus for his mission , equips the disciples to carry it on . |
| 23 | The old man had set off too and as he caught up with the cart he looked up at the fuming totter . |
| 24 | HOW sickening that President Bush has to fend off allegations of a long-ago affair as he gears up for the US election . |
| 25 | It was not yet ten as he swept up to the space reserved for the Chairman 's car slap in front of the main entrance to Royalbion House . |
| 26 | As he climbed up from the rowing-deck onto the poop , he tossed back the great plaid and turned a bleak gaze on his clansmen . |
| 27 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |