Example sentences of "[vb past] up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he closed his eyes , fatigue swam up at him in a mazy spiral , making his head spin as if he were drunk . |
| 2 | When a dark shape swam up at her and blotted the dancers from her view , she smiled , began to say yes of course I 'll dance . |
| 3 | There were few people about , but the noise of the engines brought figures from shops and houses and pale faces , their eyes shielded , strained up at them . |
| 4 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 5 | Outside its gate a battered estate-car was parked ; Maud drew up at a distance , and together they walked in . |
| 6 | Carol looked up at the weathercock as the car drew up at her house in the cobbled square . |
| 7 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 8 | Moments later he drew up at Hell Bunker , a deep , sprawling dune that once was the most famous bunker in all of St Andrews . |
| 9 | Mrs Stych drew up at the kerb in her new European car , bought , needless to say , from Maxie 's arch-rival down in Edmonton . |
| 10 | The cab drew up at the kerb . |
| 11 | Most of them correspond with the list your boys drew up at the UN . |
| 12 | The car drew up at one of the big houses on the prosperous shore road , facing the grassy slope that led up to the promenade . |
| 13 | We drew up at the house at last , and the man came round to help me down . |
| 14 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 15 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 16 | A mortuary van drew up at the end of the bridge , and two men , carrying a stretcher , came down the steps . |
| 17 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 18 | Across the road a bus drew up at a stop . |
| 19 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 20 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 21 | BUSINESSMEN in Shanghai lined up at the weekend for the city 's first auction of lucky telephone numbers since the 1949 revolution . |
| 22 | I 've got Tel — Terry — Paterson lined up at PKB to send a hand delivery via Airborne at eleven-thirty a.m. tomorrow , when we 'll be there to see how it 's received . ’ |
| 23 | Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 26 | The old tea pourer , Donna 's one-time school-teacher , peered up at her through rimless glasses . |
| 27 | Its green eyes caught light for a moment as it peered up at Doyle , then it had raced away into the night , a sleek , dark shape , perturbed by the presence of furtive human life on its territory . |
| 28 | Six little yellow eyes peered up at him . |
| 29 | The hedgehog peered up at the dog . |
| 30 | When Aggie climbed into bed , such was her weight that the child rolled towards her , and her head seemed to fall naturally between her breasts , and when the small face peered up at her and the small whisper said , ‘ You 're very big , ’ Aggie said , ‘ Aye , I 'm very big . |