Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her imagination visualised Luke — always an early riser — driving up to the house and immediately recognising Richard 's car parked outside . |
| 2 | She watched as he stood beside the car for a moment looking up towards the house . |
| 3 | That same mood was on him even now as he stood there looking up at the house . |
| 4 | Scott paused for a moment , looking up at the house . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was n't until they had climbed the stone steps leading up to the house that she learned the truth of the matter . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Ruth whirled round and faced Fernando who 'd appeared from nowhere as she was peering up at the house . |
| 12 | Drawing up outside the house , he urged her inside . |
| 13 | After one more roundabout and one more tune , we drove through the compound gates , drawing up to the house with ringing ears and a mild sense of both exhaustion and satisfaction . |
| 14 | He cursed under his breath , shaking his head at his own folly in coming up to the house at all … |
| 15 | This is the path coming up to the house and you 've got the green like that between there and there , there 's a gap , I do n't know how I 'm gon na do that |
| 16 | running up to the house |
| 17 | He was about to swivel round into the hall when he heard the sound of a car starting up outside the house . |
| 18 | And she was reported to have er have said when they when they took her out , that there would be nothing nothing grow on the site of the house but runcho And I do n't know the they were awful hungry for land in that day you ken and there was quite , there was more than one occasion there was old folk just putting up with the house just to get the land that it stood on . |