Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb past] to the " in BNC.

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1 He stood up and crossed to the Cell .
2 Abruptly she stood up and crossed to the window .
3 Mamma d'Agostino sighed a sigh that shook her generous frame , then stood up and walked to the kitchen door and opened it slightly , then said in a low voice , ‘ Enrico .
4 I got up and walked to the window .
5 She stood up and walked to the back of the cell .
6 She got up and walked to the door .
7 He stood up and walked to the window of the cold , cold room , putting aside with contempt his lifelong habit of arranging to be seated so as to hide his size when he was about to say anything that interested him .
8 Lucien stood up and walked to the front edge of the roof .
9 Helen stood up and walked to the window , thinking hard .
10 She got up and walked to the back of the plane .
11 Carolyn got up and walked to the window .
12 She stood up and walked to the sink .
13 She stood up and walked to the door , not trusting herself to look back , and after a second she heard him come to his feet .
14 Rose got up and walked to the window .
15 Luke 's next words are typical of faith 's inherent drive for resolution : ‘ Peter , however , got up and ran to the tomb , and , peering in , saw the wrappings . ’
16 He leapt up and ran to the window , telling his friends what he 'd seen .
17 Then she got up and went to the mirror above the desk .
18 Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it .
19 She got up and went to the door .
20 He got up and went to the window , looking out into his garden .
21 He got up and went to the piano , sat on the stool and found that it revolved .
22 She turned the volume down instead of up and went to the door , which she 'd dutifully bolted and chained .
23 Here he got up and went to the desk , to look for cigarettes , and stood with his back to her , going through the business of putting one in his mouth and lighting it .
24 Then she locked up and went to the house on the bay .
25 Andrée got up and went to the door .
26 One night she dreamed that she got up and went to the lavatory , where she found a new , neatly typed notice fixed over the bowl .
27 He got up and went to the restaurant .
28 I got up and went to the corner of the parapet , from where I could see in three directions .
29 Rachaela got up and went to the edge of Ruth 's sanctum .
30 He got up and went to the door .
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