Example sentences of "up [adv prt] to the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 She climbed up on to the Magician 's shoe .
2 C'zinsit bounced out of the saddle , touched the ground with his feet , then vaulted up on to the mare 's back again .
3 He climbed up on to the Reeve 's Way and followed it northwards into Goughdale .
4 To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck .
5 We can never be a hundred per cent sure with security , we are , it is a public building , we do encourage er patients and their relatives to come up on to the children 's wards as part of the treatment er to make it a much more homely atmosphere .
6 But when he stepped up on to the conductor 's rostrum for the opening production of a new season , he was — every time — filled with a sense of sheer elation .
7 Then , putting one foot firmly in the stirrup , he swung up on to the Arab 's back .
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