Example sentences of "up at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Rodber looked raw while Cusani 's insistance on picking the ball up at every second scrum was one of the main reasons why the North 's centres never made much headway .
2 Besides trends that come and go , there are basic pieces that should be snapped up at every opportunity — anything that has been hand-made or finished : beaded and embroidered cashmere cardigans , beautiful lace shirts , superbly cut Thirties and Forties jackets or satin brocade robes .
3 But new barriers were built up at every step , so he continued to seek an opportunity to resign , if this could be done without disobedience to the will of God .
4 As a matter of fact , when I 'm talking about , let me see er fifty years ago , there was one up at every back yard , that 's the truth .
5 In the manufacturing counties you see the wheel going almost at every door , the wool and the yarn hanging up at every window , the looms , the winders , the combers , the carders , the dyers , the dressers , all busy ; and the very children as well as the women constantly employed .
6 In the manufacturing counties you see the wheel going at almost every door , the wool and the yarn hanging up at every window , the looms , the winders , the combers , the carders , the dyers , the dressers , all busy ; and the very children , as well as women constantly employed .
7 The six naughtiest dogs in the North-East ranged from Bracken the cairn , who insisted on leaping up at every visitor , to Jessica the fearsome-looking rottweiler .
8 Whichever way you looked at it , that name seemed to come up at every turn : Rose Hilaire mother of Steve , employer of Lily , and niece of a body under Coffin 's floorboards .
9 Now going back to this handicraft , although I said I really did n't want to be committed to all the meetings , I 'm quite happy to carry on with the handicraft , providing you do n't expect me to turn up at every meeting .
10 This turned out to be a bonus , because we had to stay overnight in Paris and by good luck , our friends the family Toulagian were in , and happy to put us up at no notice .
11 ‘ And saying , ’ said Wendy , ‘ that he 's been held up at a confinement when he 's forgotten all about somebody . ’
12 Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's .
13 At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet .
14 Plans to prevent acid house parties in the South-east were drawn up at a meeting of senior police officers and council leaders .
15 She failed her eleven-plus and ended up at a local secondary modern school , which turned out to be a blessing in disguise .
16 That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour .
17 The boats picked us up at a pre-arranged rendezvous and we sped off again to do a foot patrol on the lough shore road .
18 Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle .
19 It will be intriguing to see how Brecht 's play stands up at a time when Communism is loosening its ideological hold .
20 The impromptu petition was apparently drawn up at a dinner given by the Society of Dilettanti and sent to the Arts Minister , Mr Richard Luce .
21 Rob Hill , one of England 's relative newcomers , gave them the lead , following up at a 10th-minute penalty corner , but the team allowed themselves to become rattled by the umpiring and Lahore equalised after 50 minutes .
22 Rob Hill , one of England 's relative newcomers , gave them the lead , following up at a 10th-minute penalty corner , but the team allowed themselves to become rattled by the umpiring and Lahore equalised after 50 minutes .
23 The ballet master Balanchine , for one , showed up at a work-out and gazed in wonder .
24 He also stocked up at a local health shop with various things he could nibble discreetly en route .
25 If only people were the same , Harriet Shakespeare would not be staring up at a house where terrorists were holding her son .
26 He had put up at a cheap pension , the Hospedaje Lisboa ( ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — Rooms , Meals ) , where he had an even smaller room than the one assigned to me at the Colegio .
27 ‘ Now , I sat up in bed last night reading papers because I did n't want to turn up at a meeting unprepared .
28 Brought up at a time when military aircraft would have seemed a fantasy , he later became an expert on one of the most complicated of signal functions , air-land co-operation .
29 Six minutes later David Capel saved well from Alistair West , following up at a short corner , but seconds later he was beaten by Alan Stoves .
30 I was fortunate to grow up at a time when imperial measurements were generally used , but science was special in being both imperial and metric .
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