Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [adv] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gravel spurted from the heels of her boots as she crawled furiously up the cliff down which she had just slid . |
| 2 | As she trudged awkwardly up the valley road her feet began to sweat and the toes rubbed painfully against each other . |
| 3 | To love one 's neighbour , she thought as she trudged resolutely up the Finchley Road , must surely often be an effort of the will rather than a pleasurable upsurging of emotion . |
| 4 | We had spent a week at La Bérade — that little unspoilt mountain hamlet deep within the Dauphiné massif where Eric shipton stayed in 1925 for his first alpine season ; and though we 'd found the mountains bathed in light and little snow around as we drove slowly up the battered but stupendous road from St Christoph through Les Etages , his words about the view he had from the bus exactly mirrored our mood as we peered up through a windscreen at the hills : |
| 5 | ‘ I think your past is terribly romantic , ’ Madeleine said as they walked slowly up the staircase . |
| 6 | JOCASTA FORBES WATCHED the headlights of her mother 's car as it drove carefully up the twisting canyon drive , and began to die inside . |