Example sentences of "up to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had stood talking for quite some time , each of them perhaps slightly the worse for wear , and then she had invited him up to her North Oxford home for a night-cap . |
| 2 | A Bolton engineer sent his daughter each week ‘ up to me grandmother 's , take her a shilling . ’ |
| 3 | They said it was up to me father to try to alter her . ’ |
| 4 | He had stepped right up to her desk . |
| 5 | ‘ That Olivera office opposite , ’ said Greg , coming up to her desk , sitting himself on the edge of it , and kissing her twice — ‘ what sort of place is it ? ’ |
| 6 | He walked up to her desk and stood looking down at her . |
| 7 | In Rhodes he had seen a lot of her , right up to her thigh , and Nicholas was right : he was pea-green with envy . |
| 8 | Moynihan had been in his time a University cox and a flyweight boxing blue , and barely came up to her elbow . |
| 9 | A third was made with such force it went through her stomach and up to her heart . |
| 10 | ‘ Three degrees over , ’ she said , as if quoting , languid of voice as she stared across the hearthrug at him , one hand up to her bosom , as if protectively . |
| 11 | Living up to her reputation , Peters found that she had done her homework thoroughly . |
| 12 | She lived up to her reputation and cruised to victory in the woman 's event . |
| 13 | She 'd come out here to Malta at the man 's request , knowing his connection with her mother 's new craze for danger , to do a job , to try to live up to her reputation as a lively , capable , sophisticated fixer of publicity . |
| 14 | Yet at the age of forty he still regarded himself a failure because his mother had projected on to him her anxieties to such an extent that he never felt he matched up to her expectation of him . |
| 15 | The slightly fatherly attendant said he was sure she was safely asleep , as he 'd seen her returning from the washroom at the end of the car and climbing up to her bunk . |
| 16 | In the darkening afternoon , the taxi pulled up to her hotel . |
| 17 | She gave a low groan and brought one fist up to her forehead . |
| 18 | Sophie 's spirits were also low as she made her way up to her godmother 's flat , but they soon rose when Helen showed immediate indignation on her behalf . |
| 19 | ‘ Miss Watson called me up to her window , miss , and says you 're to go over there . ’ |
| 20 | She had raced up to her cabin wondering how she was going to repair herself enough to put in the rest of her shift . |
| 21 | She ordered herself to leave , to walk up to her cabin , but she stood rooted to the spot as he came down the stairs towards her . |
| 22 | Nelson seemed to sense it , and protectively he put his arm around her shoulder , walked her , supporting her heavily , up to her cabin . |
| 23 | Ronni felt a sear of heat right up to her shoulder . |
| 24 | ‘ Duw , course I will , ’ Hari said firmly though she had no idea how she was going to live up to her word . |
| 25 | It was something of a standing joke that she lived up to her Libran indecisiveness . |
| 26 | The account of events leading up to her dismissal and her subsequent reinstatement is skilfully narrated . |
| 27 | Auntie Lou got to her feet and put her hands up to her hair again . |
| 28 | June Makepeace , customer service assistant , lives up to her title |
| 29 | ‘ She 's been taken up to her dressing room . |
| 30 | Below The Majestic 's Palm Court lived up to her name . |