Example sentences of "he went up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I explained to him about the boxing-match and the waterfall and he went up close and examined the glass minutely , different areas of it , taking his time . |
| 2 | Faces turned , bodies gave way a little , and he went up to the Cross and took the crumpled sheet . |
| 3 | He went up there a couple of times and stood outside on the pavement forcing leaflets on people , trying to get them to come inside . |
| 4 | A month before he went up in 1897 his father 's first cousin ( and namesake ) had been struck by the lad 's awkward manners , silent gaucherie , unsuitable dress , and down-covered chin ; three years later Edward returned the visit in a colours blazer , accompanied by his wife and his eight-months-old son . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As he went up behind her , step by step , eyes fixed on the sensuous movements of her dark young limbs , he half noticed the seemingly inordinate number of doors which opened on to the landings and he could not avoid picking up the predominating odour of curry . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This from a man who had little interest in the event when he went up to Magdalene College last autumn to study transport and marketing — and the Boat Race is a triumph of both these days . |
| 9 | Later he went up to Oxford , taking his degree with first class honours in History . |
| 10 | And seeing the multitudes , he went up into a mountain and when he was set , his disciples came unto him . |
| 11 | Odd , that , Mike thought as he went up to the third floor in the rattling old lift . |
| 12 | He went up to the next floor , where uniformed footmen and maids were dispensing coffee and cakes , biscuits and ices . |
| 13 | He went up to the office , he said , ‘ I 've — ’ , he said , ‘ I 've seen the devil in Turnbull 's yard . ’ |
| 14 | He went up to his room while Marler went to his , dumped his bag on the bed , ran back to the elevator and walked out of the hotel . |
| 15 | His knees clicked when he went up and down stairs . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But see since he went Up There — well , it 's Security , is n't it . |
| 18 | He went up the companionway ladder to the bridge two rungs at a time . |
| 19 | In July 1914 air travel was still a novelty to many people and during an outing by employees of an Accrington firm of billiard table makers to Blackpool , a deaf employee named Jack Hargreaves became possibly the first deaf man ever to go up in an aeroplane when he went up as a passenger in a two-seater Fokkers biplane piloted by a Mr. H. Blackburn . |
| 20 | He went up to him before the meeting and said , ‘ This is the race that is going to decide between us as to who is going to be the number one . ’ |
| 21 | He went up the nave and into the square chancel where the monks were gathered , seated in benches on each side . |
| 22 | I thought he was wandering off , but he went up to the counter and asked for a coffee . |
| 23 | Then he went up to every member of the family , beginning with Chola and ending with the twins , marking blood-red ikās between their eyes . |
| 24 | Thankfully he went up to it , getting a grip on its side ropes as he surfaced . |
| 25 | She felt even sorrier for him with that stammer when he went up to read the first lesson , and had to announce that it came from the eighth chapter of Deuteronomy , a word which took him four goes . |
| 26 | After he 'd had another cup of coffee , he went up to see Perdita . |
| 27 | ‘ Hombre , hombre , hombre , ’ they chorused , urging her to take her man , and ‘ Que lenta , ’ they screamed when she failed to catch up with her number four , and he went up the field and scored to loud cheers . |
| 28 | He went up into the roof space and replaced the ball valve in the tank . |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | As he came into the room , he realised that she was crying quietly , and he went up to her and put his arms around her as tightly and as reassuringly as possible . |