Example sentences of "up to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to 'er shoulders by then , shrieking like a banshee . |
| 2 | Up to 'er shoulders , she were . |
| 3 | Forced to face up to her own fears and failed expectations , it was as if Belinda had to deal with two babies : one was the theoretical idea of a baby with Down 's syndrome , the other was Sophie herself . |
| 4 | Happily , with some strong thigh 'd bargemen ; Or one o'th' wood-yard , that can quoit the sledge Or toss the bar , or else some lovely squire That carries coals up to her privy lodgings … . |
| 5 | As she ran up to her room she was , for the first time in her life , actively grateful to Phoebe and Rachel for their absolute laws of tidiness . |
| 6 | He opened the car door for her , hugged her as she got out , and they went up to her flat , his arm round her shoulders . |
| 7 | After a request for stamps , he describes a few enjoyable , healthy hours out of doors walking with Dad from ten to three without a rest : We met a country girl , pale faced , delicate , tall , wrapped up to her neck in winter clothes & feeling cold in spite of all ; her eyes were timid & weak ; evidently she was suffering as girls do , & was going out to get the fresh air . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Georgina , whose Pekinese accompanied her everywhere , took Jane up to her office in the lunch hour , while the head ‘ image-maker ’ was out . |
| 10 | Living up to her reputation , Peters found that she had done her homework thoroughly . |
| 11 | Don Peters had been pleasantly surprised to find the Prime Minister 's forthright manner lived up to her advance publicity . |
| 12 | Gloria rolled over , pulling the covers up to her head . |
| 13 | She ran from the room and up to her bedroom where the windows were kept open all day to destroy the germs . |
| 14 | Elinor grabbed a fire extinguisher and dashed up to her den . |
| 15 | These she had made up to her exact requirements , with precisely the right number of holes , by an exclusive shop in Knightsbridge . |
| 16 | She had the awful feeling she was expected to behave in some glittering , unusual way to live up to her father 's memory . |
| 17 | Instead , a now very fat Halima would be found at all times of day , demanding oats , by standing deep in the fence with wires right up to her armpits ! |
| 18 | In the build up to her first ever world tour , the now seasoned campaigner decided it was time to kill the cutesy girl-next-door and reflect the reality of what had happened to her over the previous two years . |
| 19 | He said , shoving a bundle of vinegary chips up to her face . |
| 20 | She twisted round and saw Pet up to her shoulders in ooze , sinking fast . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Franca , putting her hand up to her tears at last , ‘ yes , it 's a miracle — it will be all right . ’ |
| 22 | Jo ran straight up to her room and fell on the bed . |
| 23 | She would imagine calling him up to her room every night before he went home to bed with a man , and taking her silver hairbrush from her desk and brushing his hair out like a daughter 's , one hundred strokes every night . |
| 24 | We moved on up to her tumbledown tower on the last crag of the village . |
| 25 | Hendrix mellowed in the warmth and the palatial surroundings , said she 'd go up to her room to get ready for dinner . |
| 26 | ‘ Miss Watson called me up to her window , miss , and says you 're to go over there . ’ |
| 27 | Below The Majestic 's Palm Court lived up to her name . |
| 28 | She was wearing a black , ankle-length skirt and a white blouse which was buttoned up to her throat . |
| 29 | The account of events leading up to her dismissal and her subsequent reinstatement is skilfully narrated . |
| 30 | For example , how does the quality of her environment , as she perceives it , now come up to her initial expectations ? |