Example sentences of "[vb past] up to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firemen took to boats to reach those trapped in their homes as water rose up to door-top level . |
| 2 | Loulou charged up to each new arrival , thumping and hugging in a demonstrative greeting . |
| 3 | In spite of the size and complexity of the companies examined , which ranged up to 10 divisions and 40 businesses , but in one case had 27 divisions and 150 businesses , all the planning departments considered scanning for environmental information about every business unit to be important . |
| 4 | At the end of November 1973 , over 16,000 were outstanding , and the average period from receipt to decisions ranged up to sixty-five weeks ( for cases decided by the secretary of state after a local inquiry ) . |
| 5 | The hunger strike involved up to 350 students plus thousands of supporters camped in tents in Kiev 's October Revolution Square and on the steps of the parliament building . |
| 6 | Until her retirement in 1982 the huge machine moved up to 140,000 tonnes of mud each year . |
| 7 | But Zurbriggen moved up to second from third on 101 points and could overtake Furuseth in Val Gardena , where the Norwegian slalom specialist will not compete . |
| 8 | The Bodyguard , starring singer Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner , moved up to second from third with £7.2 million . |
| 9 | Lillywhite 's team-mate Brian Smith moved up to second place overall , 38 seconds behind , and Irishman Conor Henry , who was a shock winner last year , is in third spot overall at 41 seconds . |
| 10 | my mate lived down that area then he , he moved up to far end Keighley end |
| 11 | Therefore , Coe and Hofland 's first prize was no longer valid as it was only sixth on unofficial lists , and Banks and Barry and Scott moved up to first and second places respectively on the Foreign Office list . |
| 12 | Er then he , there 's only three houses in the road that he lived in , , the next one along the road came up for auction and he sold his station and moved up to that and he said he 's just bought the one at the end of the road now which is er seven hundred and fifty thousand he paid for it , a hundred and fifty thousand to have it interior decorated . |
| 13 | WHILE Premier Division leaders Wisbech lost 1–0 at Wroxham , Newmarket moved up to third place with this win . |
| 14 | BULGARIAN star Bontcho Guentchev was given an unexpected debut just days after receiving international clearance — and could have bagged a double as Ipswich moved up to sixth in the Premier League . |
| 15 | They moved up to 11th place but left London in 17th and last place , without a win this term . |
| 16 | They moved up to 11th place but left London in 17th and last place , without a win this term . |
| 17 | I 'll tell him or anyone , and I meant it , so he started on about this night at the bowling club , but it was his actions Joy , I want to know who 's coming , we need to know , I thought but why 's he fucking boss me about on my private time , anyway to cut a long story short they booked all this night out and I watched and I waited I thought let them clock that I 'm not going , so then comes a phone call , David was in the bottom office so was the letter shark , and this phone call came over and David shouted up to all of us on the machine who 's going on Thursday night ? |
| 18 | The Greeks had built predominantly in only one or two storeys ; the Romans built up to four or even five , and the arched type of construction was more suitable for this type of work . |
| 19 | Now living in Wimbledon , in a spacious house complete with swimming pool , Crawford went into four months ' training for his gruelling role , starting each day at 6.30am with a four-mile run across the common , which he built up to twelve miles . |
| 20 | While Otley and Nigel squared up to each other Elinor emptied the contents of the envelope onto the table : family snaps , letters , postcards belonging to the Chatwins , the coat of arms well in evidence and having the same circlet of tiny flowers as the monogram on Tumbleweed 's handkerchief . |
| 21 | ‘ We squared up to each other like a scene from high noon ’ |
| 22 | I went after him to ask him what his problem was — and we squared up to each other like something out of High Noon . |
| 23 | Tunney and Daine squared up to each other like the black-hat and white-hat cowboys . |
| 24 | Rourke bared his teeth , and in the tense moments that followed as they squared up to each other they heard the unmistakable sound of a cough , and turned to see Adam make an appearance in the doorway . |
| 25 | Cos if you ever squared up to one of these or anybody in the flats , people 'd just come out of the out of the woodwork . |
| 26 | A survey of accident victims treated at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital found up to one fifth later suffered from mood changes , nightmares , and horrific flashbacks . |
| 27 | Trials in the village of Enstone found up to forty drivers an hour breaking the thirty mile an hour speed limit . |
| 28 | Early workings were always upon these outcrops , yet despite their equipment and methods ( all very labour intensive ) the " old men " sank up to 200 ft. on the Bonsor Vein prior to the Civil War , and drove into it at least two long adits or " stollen(s) " in hard rock without the aid of explosives . |
| 29 | He promised diversification away from copper , stocks of which were fast diminishing , but which provided up to 90 per cent of Zambia 's foreign exchange . |
| 30 | Poster expenditure may also have been overestimated because the parties used up to eight different creative treatments over the period instead of just one , which is the standard for a monthlong campaign . |