Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	At last , when all the stalls were full , Lady Amelia gestured to the cantor not to begin the usual psalms and caused a stir when she herself rose and swept up to the lectern .
2	‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house .
3	The night was cold and black but when he stopped and looked up between the black overhanging gables of the houses , he was pleased to see the clouds beginning to break up .
4	He stopped and looked up at the tangle of gaunt branches above him .
5	I swivelled and strode up to the end of a passage .
6	When they had gone , Peskova turned and looked up at the house again .
7	He turned and looked up into the scaly horse face above him .
8	They passed below them , into the narrower part of the field between the two copses , and it was not until Acorn had been sent half-way down the slope to attract their attention that they turned and came up to the ditch .
9	He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair .
10	Patrick nodded and went up to the front door .
11	Instead , uncharacteristically , he went and signed up with the Maharishi , paid out £146 , and has never regretted it for a single minute , although in fairness it has to be said that his wife has .
12	The deep , concerned voice broke through the dark haze of unconsciousness , and she blinked and stared up at the shadowy image of Guy Sterne 's face , bending over her .
13	Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang .
14	She paused and looked up at the small gentle fields for the placid yellow outline of the Jersey cow .
15	Suddenly they froze and looked up at the sky .
16	At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads .

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