Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | We drew up at the house at last , and the man came round to help me down . |
| 2 | Police say a car containing three men drew up outside the house in Hudson Street . |
| 3 | Just as she had expected , there were lights still ablaze as they drew up before the house . |
| 4 | Her imagination visualised Luke — always an early riser — driving up to the house and immediately recognising Richard 's car parked outside . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the ‘ Lady Mayoress ’ kept gathering up her skirts and hitching up her bosom as ‘ she ’ jumped from the trap in order to dash up to the houses and implant a big kiss on the cheeks of the inhabitants . |
| 6 | Yeah that was so funny , you know the bit he has to come up to the house to erm has , has to come up to the house |
| 7 | Yeah that was so funny , you know the bit he has to come up to the house to erm has , has to come up to the house |
| 8 | has to come up to the house to talk to him and erm like he sort of opens the door and just shuts it in his face cos he finds out the other bloke 's a prince and he 's just standing there in the rain . |
| 9 | This was no new departure : Charles I had wanted a strong navy , though his reliance on unparliamentary taxation to pay for it had led to trouble ; the Republic had gone further afield than previous governments and had won some notable successes ; and Charles II and his brother James had tried to build up a strong navy without becoming too caught up by the House of Commons and its desire to control policy by controlling finance . |
| 10 | She could tell by the insignia of his uniform that he did n't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall whose tents were visible at the far end of the park when she cycled up to the house . |
| 11 | Artemis asked , as she stood admiring her fifteenth birthday present , a stunning looking dark brown thoroughbred gelding which Jenkins had been instructed to lead up outside the house as a surprise . |
| 12 | As they drove up to the house Constance thought that it looked very dark and silent . |
| 13 | She had just finished breakfast when Alain drove up to the house and he was alone ; Marguerite noted that fact with some surprise . |
| 14 | She watched as he stood beside the car for a moment looking up towards the house . |
| 15 | That same mood was on him even now as he stood there looking up at the house . |
| 16 | Scott paused for a moment , looking up at the house . |
| 17 | Leonora jumped out , stood looking up at the house for a few moments more , then ran up the steps to ring the doorbell , laughter bubbling up inside as she anticipated Penry 's surprise at the sight of her . |
| 18 | The rising main passes up inside the house all the way to the large water tank in the loft . |
| 19 | But by all accounts she 's phoned up to the house four times . |
| 20 | ‘ Apparently his boat came in sooner than expected and docked at Shields , and he came up to the house hoping to see my sister , and he did . |
| 21 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 22 | Put the boat into the boat-house and made the doors fast , then came up to the house . |
| 23 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 24 | What they do n't like is turning up at the House of Commons and having to do some work , because they ca n't stand the pressure . |
| 25 | One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’ |
| 26 | Remarkably , Pliny slept calmly during the early part of the night , although ashes had begun to pile up outside the house , but he eventually awoke as the situation deteriorated . |
| 27 | A lot of people in those streets ( they were very poor , but they were very proud ) and on the steps leading up to the house , they 'd have laid a little piece of lino , three pieces or two . |
| 28 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 29 | It was n't until they had climbed the stone steps leading up to the house that she learned the truth of the matter . |
| 30 | She was hardly aware of the car pulling up outside the house , or of going up to her bedroom , claiming that she was too exhausted to relax on the beach and enjoy the remainder of the sunshine . |