Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] up to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was quite stunned , because in the beginning I was struggling with it — all those regions around top A — and in the end , in Resurrection , I got up to a D above that , without going into falsetto , which was quite a little crusade for me . |
| 2 | On Easter Monday 1972 , I woke up to a new view of the world . |
| 3 | ‘ A few weeks ago , someone came up to a tagger with the KWS tagging crew , ’ Boyle said . |
| 4 | If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way . |
| 5 | If I am daft enough to tackle up in those conditions I usually go to sleep and hope I wake up to a change for the better . |
| 6 | The best wines are made from the highest vines northwest of Grauves , which grow up to a height of 220 metres , and from those in an east-facing gulley , south-west of the village . |
| 7 | The weather was perfect , the room inviting and comfortable which added up to a happy atmosphere . |
| 8 | And furthermore , do n't bother with guidebook descriptions or the like , just find the crag and climb the rock , dappled with lichen , tinged with red and bristle-tufted with pink-and-dark-green heather , which soars up to a narrow apex . |
| 9 | These constraints lead decision-makers to deviate considerably from the comprehensive rationality model , but in six ways which add up to a positive theory of decision-making . |
| 10 | Neither side has given any estimate of the extent of the anticipated cuts but the expectation is that hundreds of the 2,200 jobs , which add up to a monthly £2 million pay bill , will have to be sacrificed . |
| 11 | The bells were clanging in the high tower which soared up to a steel blue sky . |
| 12 | Do you feel up to a bit of leg work ? ’ |
| 13 | A tiny figure is when you consider up to a third of the population is estimated to have no belief in God . |
| 14 | At CBS , where she worked for eight years , she remembers up to a hundred tapes pouring into the office each week . |
| 15 | She reached up to a yellow tin of tobacco on one of the shelves . |
| 16 | She had the technique for the role — she sang up to a high F if necessary and could cope very well with the low undertones Salome has — and she had what is most important : a real erotic appeal in the voice . |
| 17 | She counted up to a hundred as she skipped . |
| 18 | Step up the stairway into the Hotel Royal and you step up to a modestly furnished property , decorated in a modern style . |
| 19 | So as you come up to a roundabout , you 're thinking of the exit or exits . |
| 20 | Go past that , then there 's one or two ne ne newish buildings and then you come up to a spot where you drive in and you go up or over the concrete , that 's Norblast |
| 21 | The Gib'Sea family of yachts allow you to move up to a larger craft as your requirements progress — you can select from the comprehensive range , 24′ to 52′ , while remaining loyal to a marque you can trust . |
| 22 | Are you working up to a proposition ? |
| 23 | Everything that is done must be subordinate to some official who reports up to a member of the administrative class , who is under an assistant secretary who then puts the matter to the permanent secretary , he being the adviser to the minister . |
| 24 | When a group of them walked up to a bar , they would reach into their clothes , and the last one to catch a louse had to buy . |
| 25 | She thinks you suspect her and it seems to me that everything adds up to a good cause for her condition . ’ |
| 26 | On Wednesday David Howell , the Energy Secretary , was forced to withdraw the threat of pit closures and on Thursday we woke up to a dreadful press accusing us of ignominious surrender . |
| 27 | We receive up to a hundred and forty week |
| 28 | ‘ We give up to a 70% discount on some related products like paper , ’ Ms Knowles said . |
| 29 | Having just been reading a bright-red leaflet we glance up to a plain , white wall — at which instant we see a green patch . |
| 30 | One day at 6.00 am we walked up to a disused school in our community and stood outside praying . |