Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up from a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Paula was shown into her office Arlene looked up from a sheaf of photographs which were spread on her desk with just a hint of impatience . |
| 2 | I can hear the dogs panting ahead and occasionally I am flurried by snow kicked up from a runner . |
| 3 | Rats looked up from a saucer of milk as the monklike figure entered the room . |
| 4 | It then turns and pounces on it triumphantly , as if a fish scooped up from a river or stream has been landed on the bank and must be secured before it wriggles its way back to the safety of the water . |
| 5 | It remained 10–0 until 15 minutes from time , when Gibson picked up from a scrum and launched a blind side move which put skipper Steve Towns over . |
| 6 | Her barbed comment died unspoken as Anna straightened up from a glass cabinet . |
| 7 | When the leading lady 's on stage , you do n't notice the rest of the cast , Sabine thought wryly , the wording of madame 's introduction not lost on her , as a young woman got up from a sofa in another part of the room , and came forward with open reluctance . |
| 8 | A great roar of a cheer went up from a crowd that was pressing all around . |
| 9 | Smoke snaked up from a campfire amidst crudely plastered and thatched huts . |
| 10 | Maxted looked up from a pile of papers he was struggling to sort out . |