Example sentences of "[vb past] up [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , from down below , an enraged roaring swelled up to fill the staircase . |
| 2 | Maggie woke up to hear the sound of voices , one of which was raised in anger , John 's , she now realized . |
| 3 | Woke up to find the drinking water had frozen . |
| 4 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 5 | Mother Francis often sat there herself when she came up to tidy the place . |
| 6 | Long ago the the abbots of Cupar Angus , they came up to spend the summer m summer months at Dalvaine . |
| 7 | No no he just came up to collect the rent . |
| 8 | Yet Mr Major turned up to watch the cricket at Lord 's yesterday looking like a man without a care in the world . |
| 9 | The tiny village of East Prawle has enjoyed a tourist boom as visitors turned up to view the wreck — and take home a memento . |
| 10 | Understandably , Tony O'Dalaigh is anxious that what he describes as the ‘ chaos with Archaos ’ does n't hang over reports of the 1991 Dublin Theatre Festival ‘ I would n't want it all to obscure the fact that in terms of the festival 's visibility and the people who turned up to see the shows we had the most successful festival in years . |
| 11 | All that was a drop in the Clyde compared with the crowd at Celtic Park in April 1898 , when 50,000 turned up to see THE game … and the rest ! |
| 12 | The one score and three who turned up to see the morning game against Dorning had a real treat . |
| 13 | When The Fall played Leeds , part of their rider was to play a football match so all these young lads from the area turned up to take the piss . |
| 14 | At 5 o'clock they turned up to find the police waiting for them . |
| 15 | Claire Bennett and Welsh international Vicki Broadbent of Mold , teamed up to lift the women 's doubles crown , beating Claire Bullen Evans of Prestatyn and Nicola Jones of St Asaph 6–3 , 7–5 . |
| 16 | At the weekend , modern day Roundheads and Cavaliers from all over the country , saddled up to re-enact the skirmish and commerate the 350th anniversary of the war and at times the battle took on a definite air of reality although noone was seriously hurt . |
| 17 | I do n't know how she got up to fix the ceiling chains . ’ |
| 18 | Penry got up to take the trays . |
| 19 | I said I felt ill , and got up to open the door . |
| 20 | Carrie got up to bring the union man some more tea and when she returned with two filled mugs she sat down heavily . |
| 21 | When they had all finished the coffee , Bob got up to pay the bill , leaving John to apologise for his misplaced piece of mockery . |
| 22 | She still said nothing , but got up to make the tea . |
| 23 | When much later in the afternoon she got up to get the tea a tearing sound was heard as her nice blue overall parted with the gummy chair — she let out a burst of laughter . |
| 24 | He moved again , and gladly she leaned over and pressed the bell on the wall beside the cot and got up to get the breast tray . |
| 25 | ‘ I think the first clue I had that I might still be on the team was when your mum pitched up to inspect the body . ’ |
| 26 | If a head popped up to study the terrain , a bullet followed from the other side . |
| 27 | Then , coming to the point where he said ‘ But , my fliends , all that has changed … ’ , he suddenly straightened up , his left hand swung up to remove the moustache , the mandarin cap and the pigtail , while his right hand peeled off the Chinese jacket and gown . |
| 28 | Candlish 's spot kick was well saved by Prentice but Loughery followed up to blast the rebound into the net . |
| 29 | A sample of all juvenile cases referred for criminal behaviour in one calendar month in two police force areas collected and followed up to examine the decisions taken about them . |
| 30 | PHIL NEAL , hero of the Kop and 50 times an international , last week stepped up to coach the England team . |