Example sentences of "he went up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 2 | I slipped in by the cemetery gate , as I left , and he went up through the trees to the path by which he had made his way to join me . |
| 3 | He went up through the wicket gate and into the cemetery , a quiet , surprisingly well-kept plot . |
| 4 | On the open road beyond he went up through the gears , racing a train on his left . |
| 5 | He went up on the left of me , sliced back in front of my car and dived at the inside of Niki from way too far back … |
| 6 | So anyway , I said to her the week before last when he went up on the Sunday , I said go up there and say to her |
| 7 | When I got there , the organ was playing the 100th psalm , and , when it was done , Mr Coleridge rose and gave out his text , ‘ And he went up into the mountain to pray , HIMSELF ALONE . |
| 8 | He went up into the roof space and replaced the ball valve in the tank . |
| 9 | The farmer did not reply for a moment , then he went up between the cows and gently rubbed Blossom 's forehead " Aye , this is the one , Jack . " |
| 10 | It 's very useful , because then it 's very easy when you write , ‘ He went up past the cinema and on to the church , and then he met so-and-so coming out of her house . ’ |
| 11 | Faces turned , bodies gave way a little , and he went up to the Cross and took the crumpled sheet . |
| 12 | I had it in big letters — ‘ Father ’ Arrien ( the father in inverted commas ! ) will preach on the blasphemy of the Roman Mass on such and such an evening — and the priest of the town , he went up to the council and objected to this and said that Wylie 's a trouble maker . |
| 13 | Odd , that , Mike thought as he went up to the third floor in the rattling old lift . |
| 14 | He went up to the next floor , where uniformed footmen and maids were dispensing coffee and cakes , biscuits and ices . |
| 15 | He went up to the office , he said , ‘ I 've — ’ , he said , ‘ I 've seen the devil in Turnbull 's yard . ’ |
| 16 | I thought he was wandering off , but he went up to the counter and asked for a coffee . |
| 17 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 18 | ‘ So you and he went up to the villa ? |
| 19 | He went up to the two detectives and coughed delicately . |
| 20 | Ben Sira praised the fathers of old and described the High Priest Simon son of Jochanan in his majestic appearance when he went up to the altar ( 50.11 ) . |
| 21 | While he went up to the bar to order , Ellie settled back in her seat , and , with a rather sad light in her eyes , watched him . |
| 22 | He went up to the driver of the van and asked him his business . |
| 23 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 24 | Remember when he went up to the aeroplane , Jim only hate to haul him away and slap him once and he learned , he did n't go near an aeroplane any more |
| 25 | ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’ |
| 26 | He went up for the job , grinding his teeth , and got it . |
| 27 | He went up in the lift and sat down in Irina 's pleasant office . |
| 28 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |