Example sentences of "straight up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A vile joke — he could as well sprout wings and fly straight up to the sun as find that sum ! |
| 2 | All the children blessed themselves from the fount and went straight up to the altar . |
| 3 | Charles walked straight up to him and asked what was wrong . |
| 4 | He went straight up to Oxford Street and bought a tracksuit . |
| 5 | Later , down Atlantis at the Sub Club , keyboard star Mr Monday walks in and straight up to the Slam boys Orde and Stuart at the DJ console . |
| 6 | Porter was carrying a large floppy-covered book ; she went straight up to an African writer , N'dosi , showed him the book , held open , and offered him a biro . |
| 7 | The 200 TDi will fit the 90/110 and will fit straight up to the gearbox . |
| 8 | He marched straight up to Nina and , pointing to his chest , said : ‘ Je suis Modigliani , Juif , Jew ’ , and unrolled a roll of newspaper he had been carrying . |
| 9 | Jo ran straight up to her room and fell on the bed . |
| 10 | Returning to the Hilton , they went straight up to the suite . |
| 11 | Then she walked straight up to them . |
| 12 | Paula and Sally took her straight up to their bedroom . |
| 13 | Dismounting to rest Hermia , Perdita walked off the field straight up to Ricky . |
| 14 | It is , in fact , one of the longest avenues in the US : a meandering boulevard that winds from Battery Park at the tip of Manhattan straight up to the state capital of Albany , some 150 miles away . |
| 15 | We found him in a night club with his wife , and Flynn went straight up to him and flattened him with a single punch . |
| 16 | Mum went straight up to Mrs Phipps and demanded to know what she meant by saying Granny had had her chips . |
| 17 | Take the wet plates for Christina Maria Anson straight up to Bertha Ward . |
| 18 | I think straight up to an incubator ? ’ |
| 19 | One of the men came straight up to me and grabbed the kids . |
| 20 | The three came straight up to him . |
| 21 | Charlie went straight up to the room that he shared with Terry and put on a Fine Young Cannibals tape . |
| 22 | And David says that your husband is a doctor : he ought to have sent you straight up to the mountains . ’ |
| 23 | So when he sees Rose staring at him with her dark , serious eyes among the crowds on the staircases in the interval ( this is at a concert ) he does n't hesitate for a moment , but goes straight up to her . |
| 24 | Adam chuckled and took Billie 's arm and led her straight up to him . |
| 25 | ‘ Follow the stairs straight up to the third floor , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Well , I 'll take you straight up to Hilda 's room , and then I 'll make you a nice cup of tea . |
| 27 | Goes straight up to heaven and nothing more is heard of it . |
| 28 | She was warm , deliciously warm , all over , for the first time since leaving Scotland , and when she had arrived , but an hour before , she had come straight up to Aunt Emily 's room with no injunctions to change her boots or smooth her hair , and been given a tray of tea and toast cut into little fingers and tiny biscuits flavoured with almond . |
| 29 | ‘ If she 's downstairs when I get home , I 'm going straight up to my bedroom ! ’ |
| 30 | Fortunately , as it was still only a quarter past twelve , there was no queue and Lady Selvedge and Mrs Grandison were able to walk straight up to the counter and take their trays . |