Example sentences of "went [adv] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 That night El-ahrairah came out of the marshes of Kelfazin and went secretly up to the great ditch .
2 Instead of getting out at her own floor she went on up to the fourth floor , and stood in front of Matthew Prescott 's front door .
3 But it also went right up to the fifties .
4 Did n't we notice that her voice really was n't that strong when it went right up to the top storey ?
5 And er but of course the whole force of the explosion went right up in the light room .
6 Well I went back up to the first one and I said you need three one hundred and twenties to get to three hundred and sixty so
7 So he went back up onto the main road and very little further on , in fact , he in fact found a village and spent the night at the hostelry and he said to the man in the hostelry you know , he that he 'd been lost and that a a little bit back on the road he 'd seen this big house all alight and he had erm , you know , gone in the drive and tried to get get a room there but could n't make anybody hear and the erm the inn keeper said , no he said er you would n't make anyone hear there , he said and if you go back there tomorrow the house wo n't be there !
8 We went quietly up to the top floor , where he unlocked one of the small black doors .
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