Example sentences of "walked up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On and on about it he was when we walked up to the bridge . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ On Midsummer 's Eve , I walked up to Highdown Hill at midnight , below a full moon . |
| 4 | She stepped over the marble chunk , and walked up to him . |
| 5 | Endill walked up to the picture frame and noticed there was nothing in it but a blank piece of paper , yellow with age . |
| 6 | ‘ I walked up to Covent Garden . ’ |
| 7 | The Syrians had already broken through the rampart of sand but as we approached , a Palestinian holding a rifle walked up to our car . |
| 8 | There were cries of ‘ take the chair ’ and Hegarty walked up to the mayor 's chair . |
| 9 | He walked up to the green and found a spot to land on . |
| 10 | That lunchtime we walked up to the shops . |
| 11 | She walked up to her husband and faced him . |
| 12 | I walked up to these fellers , a few paces , and just stood in front of them , looked at them — they knew what was wanted — ‘ Clear off ! ’ |
| 13 | As well as confronting the child and recording its responses in the normal way , they also walked up to its surprised mother and noted how she behaved . |
| 14 | And I suppose it is like that , because if we walked up to those , we should see more — and more … ’ |
| 15 | As they arrived at the corner , four men walked up to them , and one pointed at Dad . |
| 16 | He walked up to Ho and punched him hard in the chest . |
| 17 | One day at 6.00 am we walked up to a disused school in our community and stood outside praying . |
| 18 | Next minute a tall , blond boy with a bull-dog jaw and massive shoulders walked up to them , looking slightly apprehensive . |
| 19 | They walked up to a large wooden table covered at each end with a pile of books . |
| 20 | I remember one day I was serving lunch and the doctor strode in during the meal , walked up to his patient who was eating his lunch , pulled his head up and demanded , ‘ What is it this time ? ’ |
| 21 | One day in early February , Harriet walked up to the Raffertys ' cottage and knocked on the door . |
| 22 | The day was overcast and it was becoming difficult to see what he was typing , so , about noon , when imagination began to fail him , he walked up to the house to inquire from Dorothy whether Isobel would mind if he had better lighting installed in the garage , provided he paid far it . |
| 23 | She could have drawn her gun , walked up to them all , and killed them all quickly . |
| 24 | The jury has heard Magee got out , walked up to Special Constable Goodman and fired two shots into his chest . |
| 25 | The man pulled up 100 yards behind and walked up to her car , banging on the window and demanding to be let in . |
| 26 | ‘ In the stunned silence that followed , Miss Honey walked up to the front of the class and stood behind her table . |
| 27 | He walked up to him , aware of the ring of his feet on the tiled floor , wondering whether they sounded as portentous to the priest as they did to him . |
| 28 | So when I saw James ( true story this ) in Sainsbury 's , I walked up to him , leered , banged him on the elbow with a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice and said , ‘ Tom Jones ! ’ because the last time I meet him was on the Tom Jones TV programme . |
| 29 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 30 | William was propped up against pillows as Carrie and Fred walked up to his bed . |