Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] up [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If things get nasty on Planet Terra it can at least beam itself up on to the Starship Astra . |
| 2 | Her small hand grasped his , and he drew her up on to the low walkway . |
| 3 | Hands tugged at the German and helped him up on to the narrow ledge . |
| 4 | She helped him up on to the seat , then sagged down beside him , forearms resting on her knees , head bent , dizzy from the exertion . |
| 5 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |
| 6 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 7 | He lifted her up on to the parapet of a little bridge , and she screamed , looking down at the dark water below . |
| 8 | Gaily heaved and hitched himself up on to the high stool , shoving the bag of laundry between his feet once more . |
| 9 | Everything seemed ideal for his attempt , and with sudden resolution he hauled himself up on to the shelf above the door and manoeuvred around gingerly until he was able to stand up . |
| 10 | There is no need to walk up to the summit of Cairn Gorm underneath the chairlift , since there is a route that runs west from the car park , and takes you up on to the Fiacaill ridge , a world away from the frightful clanking kingdom of the ski-tows . |
| 11 | She crossed silently to the tree and swung herself up on to the nearest branch . |
| 12 | I put my toe into his cupped hands and hoist myself up on to the wall . |
| 13 | Another pull for ten minutes or so brought me up on to the summit , where I sat down to have my lunch . |
| 14 | Peter walked over to the shed , climbing on to the sill , then levering himself up on to the roof , which was not very steep . |
| 15 | The bang of the door woke him and he reached himself up on to the table and started sniffing the newly polished leather . |
| 16 | ‘ Let's get Superintendent Dalziel , ’ said Pascoe , swinging the car in a turn which took him up on to the pavement . |
| 17 | We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau . |
| 18 | I can not remember just what purpose had taken me up on to the top floor of the house to where the row of guest bedrooms line the corridor . |
| 19 | The grassy hillside steering you up on to the ridge starts off as a benign little stroll , until you realise it is going to continue forever . |
| 20 | Giving one of his slow smiles which so infuriated her , he tugged her up on to the bank . |