Example sentences of "i walk up " in BNC.

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1 I walk up all the escalators I come across .
2 I walk up a flight of steps , carpeted with discarded copies of a give-away magazine called Ms London , into Waterloo railway station .
3 ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin .
4 I walk up to the spot where a rabbit is entangled , I get down on one knee and lift the top line of the net over the back of my head .
5 Miss Honey , with one hand on the gate which she had not yet opened , turned to Matilda and said , ‘ A poet called Dylan Thomas once wrote some lines that I think of every time I walk up this path . ’
6 I walk up to the main building along a path of large brown stones with the shape and texture of unleavened bread .
7 And I walk up and punch her what , what , what have I done , think about it , what have I done ?
8 For my part , I sometimes think of the film Psycho as I walk up the bleaker staircases to people 's homes in Hackney .
9 I walk up to the lefthand end of this street , where it emerges in Trafalgar Square , and check the name : Spring Gardens .
10 I sometimes stand there in the darkness for a moment , watching them , putting off the moment when I walk up the five tessellated steps to the front door .
11 She is a historian , or more properly a micro-historian , and she is writing a history of our hillside — the road I walk up from the station and the various lanes and alleyways that open off it .
12 I walk up and down the little room again .
13 ‘ On Midsummer 's Eve , I walked up to Highdown Hill at midnight , below a full moon .
14 In honour of Richard Phibbs , I walked up and down Harmony Hill , although there was nothing special to see there .
15 I walked up to Covent Garden . ’
16 Early on a Sunday morning I walked up Plateros and then through the narrow streets to where I had been told a bus , colectivo — some form of transport — would leave .
17 After supper I walked up and down in the corridor for a bit .
18 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 ! ’
19 I walked up from his left and I could see where the canvas of his left trainer was coming away from its rubber base .
20 After midnight Nell said she was going to bed , and I walked up the train with her to her roomette , almost opposite mine .
21 I walked up broad marble steps to a wide front porch screened by pre-cast fretted tiles .
22 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 .
23 I thought about it as I walked up through the weedy garden .
24 A series of falls hidden from immediate view follows the gill on the left-hand side and one May morning as I walked up the gill the falls were roaring after the heavy rains of the week before .
25 ‘ Like I said , I walked up to him and asked –in what the idea was .
26 Day after day , I walked up and down Oxford Street , Regent Street , Kensington .
27 I walked up and down on the bed , to control my trembling legs , and looked at the dead rat .
28 I walked up to Mrs Reed and looked straight into her eyes .
29 I walked up and down for two or three minutes , then I said : ‘ Henry , go back to these men .
30 I walked up to the bar , passing several people I had never seen before who were obviously volunteers .
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