Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I suppose was inevitable , the story gradually became that Eric would set fire to them , not just their pet dogs ; and , as was probably also inevitable , a lot of kids started to think that I was Eric , or that I got up to the same tricks . |
| 2 | I fled up to the tree-house for my knitting but a branch gave way as I grabbed it and I was pitched into the river . |
| 3 | ‘ I keep wondering what he 'd do if I wandered up to the edge of the pit and leaned over and yelled , ‘ Oi , you down there . |
| 4 | The morning I was due to leave — the day Chernenko died — I woke up to the sound of Russian troops singing marching songs from the nearby barracks . |
| 5 | I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church . |
| 6 | It was nearly dark when I woke up to the sound of Marcus calling me . |
| 7 | That 's when I woke up to the fact that there was something very wrong with the relationship , and very wrong with my life … ’ |
| 8 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
| 9 | I trudged up to the camp-site again , to find that there was no need even to look for driftwood for a fire . |
| 10 | So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm . |
| 11 | I climbed up to the gateway of the bridge and hid in a dark corner . |
| 12 | Leaping off the bed I hurtled up to the rod which by now was screaming off and picking it up I felt the line pluck nicely through my fingers ; knowing that it must be a cat on the other end gave me a real thrill . |
| 13 | Suddenly the alarm bell sounded and hastily dressing I rushed up to the bridge . |
| 14 | I walked up to the bar , passing several people I had never seen before who were obviously volunteers . |
| 15 | I walked up to the little animal but he took off at a speed which made light of his infirmity . |
| 16 | I believe I gave Joe a bit of a shock when I walked up to the table and played a few shots with him . |
| 17 | Ye , yesterday afternoon , as a matter of fact , I walked up to the gate and I come back and I just walked across the lawn and I I felt the sun . |
| 18 | I muttered thanks and as she disappeared to the kitchen I stepped up to the sitting room door , knocked rather timidly and entered . |
| 19 | Oh Brian annoyed me on my lesson I pulled up to the Kingsway right ? |
| 20 | I , I worked up to the end of May and because of accrued leave I er I left then . |
| 21 | And I looked up to the air and saw the air in amazement . |
| 22 | I looked up to the skies for no reason I can now remember , probably a spot of rain or a ray of sunshine . |
| 23 | Then , in my mind , I reached up to the heavens , held out my hands , grasped the ball and brought it down . |
| 24 | I reached up to the nearest branch which seemed likely to hold my weight . |
| 25 | My wife and I went up to the pay booth . |
| 26 | I went up to the 1970 Open at St Andrews on spec with a few players in mind but no firm bag . |
| 27 | When I was in the same area again last week ( w/c July 5 '91 ) I went up to the shelters one evening and cleaned out all the rubbish prior to spending the night there . |
| 28 | I went across the course to the stands side to see the horses in the paddock , and then I went up to the very comfy Tribune des Dames , for which the French Racing Authorities so generously send me a badge each year . |
| 29 | I went up to the tower sometimes later in the evening for a talk , he had said I might . |
| 30 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |